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Lupinus pubescens

Lupinus pubescens
Photo: Geichhorn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lupinus pubescens is a high-Andean lupine subshrub, known locally as chocho del páramo, that grows in cool mountain grasslands. It suits cool, bright conditions with well-drained soil and is seldom grown outside its native highlands.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, acidic mountain soils.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost and prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. Venezuela to W. Bolivia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lupinus pubescens (local name: chocho del páramo) is a lupine flower which is native to the high Andes but can also be found in China, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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 pubescens 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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