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Longleaf bush lupine

Lupinus longifolius

Longleaf bush lupine
Photo: The Marmot, CC BY 2.0

Longleaf bush lupine is a bushy, erect shrub from coastal southern California and Baja California, grown for its spikes of purple or blue pea-type flowers. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and little water once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid summer irrigation once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, lean soil.
Temperature
10-30 °C; tolerates mild frost, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Seeds and pods of lupines contain quinolizidine alkaloids that can cause nausea, vomiting and more serious effects if eaten in quantity.
Native range
California to NW. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Lupinus longifolius is a species of lupine known by the common name longleaf bush lupine.

It is native to the coastal mountain ranges and hillsides of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in local habitat in the canyons and slopes, such as coastal sage scrub and chaparral.

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 longifolius 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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