Carried by 0 nurseries
View Availability at NurseryData provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria
View additional distribution information on the Jepson eflora
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.
Annual herb
2 - 8 in Tall
Blue, Lavender, Purple
Moderate
Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 21 likely
Painted Tiger Moth
Arachnis picta
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Forage Looper Moth
Caenurgina crassiuscula