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Saffron-flowered lupine

Lupinus croceus

Also called Mt. Eddy Lupine

Saffron-flowered lupine
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Lupinus croceus is a species of lupine known by the common names saffron-flowered lupine and Mt Eddy Lupine. It is endemic to the northernmost mountains of California, clustering in the Klamath Mountains, where it grows in generally dry, rocky habitat.

Where it grows

Its habitat is dry woods in the counties of Siskiyou and Trinity. It is found between the elevations of 5000–8000 feet or 900–2700 meters. Its communities include, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, and Subalpine Forest. It was most commonly found in June and July. 51% of the time it was found it was a preserved specimen, 29% of the time it was found it was an occurrence, and 20% of the time it was a human observation.

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 · Narrowflower lupine · Narrowleaf lupine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lupinus croceus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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