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Lupinus chamissonis is a species in the Fabaceae (Legume) famly known by a number of common names. It is endemic to California, where it is known from most of the length of the coastline and scattered inland locations. It grows in sand dunes and other immediate coastal habitat. This is a spreading, bushy shrub growing one half to two meters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 9 leaflets up to 2.5 centimeters long. The herbage is coated in silvery hairs. The flower cluster bears whorls of flowers each about one to 1.5 centimeters long. Each flower is light purple to blue with a yellow spot on its banner. The fruit is a hairy legume pod 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long.
Shrub
5 - 7 ft Tall
3 ft Wide
Fast
Evergreen
Blue, Lavender, Purple
Spring
Deer resistant
Full Sun
Low
Max 2x / month once established
Tolerates cold to 25° F
Fast
Prefers beach sand.
Tolerates saline soil..
Soil PH: 5.0 - 7.0
For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds need no treatment. Stored seeds scarification or hot water.
5, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Sand dunes, coastal strand, and other sandy mild-climate areas
Coastal Strand
Use with other coastal species such as Sand Verbena (Abronia spp.), Seaside Woolly Sunflower (Eriophyllum staechadifolium), Beach Morningglory (Calystegia soldanella), Beach Evening Primrose (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia), Fleabane (Erigeron spp.), Coast Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), and Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea)
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Likely
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Confirmed
Obscure Bumble Bee
Bombus caliginosus
Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
Dimorphic Mountain-digger Bee
Habropoda tristissima
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense