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Narrowflower lupine

Lupinus angustiflorus

Narrowflower lupine
Photo: Merrie Freed, Public domain

Narrowflower lupine is a native perennial herb of northeastern California and the Modoc Plateau, growing in volcanic soils. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so it suits native or dryland plantings with good drainage.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or volcanic-type soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Cold-hardy in temperate climates; protect from prolonged frost in very cold areas.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. & C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Lupinus angustiflorus is a species of lupine known by the common name narrowflower lupine. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the volcanic soils of the northeastern mountains and Modoc Plateau, and native to the lower 48 U.S. states. It is an erect perennial herb sometimes exceeding one meter in height. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets each up to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence is up to 34 centimeters long, bearing many flowers each of which is roughly a centimeter long. The flower is cream to pale yellow-orange with a patch of deeper yellow or orange on its banner. The keeled lower petals may be tipped with lavender. The fruit is a hairy legume pod up to 4 centimeters long. The plant is glabrous to hairy.

Other Lupinus plants

Drew's silky lupine · Fleshy lupine · Lupinus albert-smithianus · Sicklekeel lupine · Silver lupine · White Lupin · Lupinus alopecuroides · Lupinus amandus · Lupinus anatolicus · Anderson's lupine · Narrowleaf lupine · Anthony Peak lupine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lupinus angustiflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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