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Lupinus jaimehintonianus

Lupinus jaimehintonianus is a lupine shrub or small tree native to southwest Mexico (Oaxaca), known locally as chepil de la lluvia. It is a wild species from seasonally dry tropical habitat and is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, and reduce water in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Lupinus jaimehintonianus, commonly known as chepil de la lluvia in Spanish, is a species of lupine that is native to southwest Mexico.

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 jaimehintonianus 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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