Carried by 1 nurseries
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Lupinus arbustus is a species of lupine known by the common name longspur lupine. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in several types of habitat, including sagebrush and forests. This is a perennial herb growing erect to a maximum of 70 centimeters tall. It is sometimes hairy in texture. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 13 leaflets each up to 7 centimeters long. The flower cluster is up to 18 centimeters long, bearing whorls of flowers each up to 1.4 centimeters long. The calyx of sepals around the base of the corolla has a knoblike spur at the back. The flower corolla is white to yellow to various shades of purple or pink. The fruit is a hairy legume pod 2 or 3 centimeters long. There are several subspecies.
Perennial herb
8 - 28 in Tall
Blue, Lavender, Purple
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds need no treatment. Stored seeds scarification or hot water.
Open places
Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 39 likely
Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium semiluna
Lupine Dagger
Acronicta lupini
Painted Tiger Moth
Arachnis picta