Carried by 1 nurseries
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Lupinus breweri is a species of lupine known by the common names Brewer's lupine and matted lupine. It is native to much of California, except for the deserts, and to adjacent sections of Oregon and Nevada, where it is common in some areas, particularly mountain forests. This is a hairy, mat-forming perennial herb, sometimes becoming like a shrub, with a woody base. The leaves spread out from the stem. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 10 woolly leaflets each up to 2 centimeters long. The flower cluster is a dense raceme of flowers a few centimeters tall, each flower 4 to 11 millimeters long. The flower is blue or purple with a white or yellowish spot on the banner. The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod 1 or 2 centimeters long.
Perennial herb
8 in Tall
Blue, Lavender, Purple
Summer
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds need no treatment. Stored seeds scarification or hot water.
Open places
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 44 likely
Boisduval's Blue
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Dagger
Acronicta lupini
Painted Tiger Moth
Arachnis picta