Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Lupinus peirsonii is a rare species of lupine known by the common names Peirson's lupine and long lupine. It is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California, where it grows in woodland and forest habitat. It is an erect, branching perennial herb growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 8 fleshy leaflets up to 7 centimeters long. The herbage is coated in silvery silky hairs. The inflorescence is a raceme of whorled yellow flowers each about a centimeter in length. The fruit is a silky-haired legume pod 3 or 4 centimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

1 - 2 ft Tall

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Color

White, Cream, Yellow

Water

Moderate

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 111 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

Arrowhead Arctic Blue

Agriades podarce

Mock-orange Miner Bee

Andrena candida

Chapman's Miner Bee

Andrena chapmanae