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Lupinus flavoculatus is a species of lupine known by the common name yelloweyes, or yellow-eyed lupine. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in the scrub and woodland of desert and plateau. This is a small, hairy annual herb growing up to about 20 centimetres (7. 9 in) tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 9 leaflets 1 or 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a small, dense spiral of flowers each roughly a centimeter long. The flower is bright to deep blue with a yellowish spot on its banner. The fruit is a somewhat oval-shaped hairy legume pod no more than a centimeter long. It contains one or two wrinkled seeds. In California the species is found at Zion and Death Valley National Parks. In California the species is found at Zion and Death Valley National Parks.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 8 in Tall

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Color

Blue, Lavender, Purple

Water

Moderate

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 132 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

Arrowhead Arctic Blue

Agriades podarce

Ancylandrena atoposoma

Mock-orange Miner Bee

Andrena candida