Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Lupinus dalesiae is a species of lupine known by the common name Quincy lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northernmost slopes of the Sierra Nevada. This is an erect perennial herb up to half a meter tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets each up to 4. 5 centimetres (1. 8 in) long. The herbage is coated in white hairs. The inflorescence bears whorls of yellow flowers roughly a centimeter long which yield rough-haired legume pods 2 or 3 centimeters in length.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

8 - 19 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Yellow

Water

Moderate

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 29 likely

Confirmed Likely

Lupine Dagger

Acronicta lupini

Alfalfa Looper Moth

Autographa californica

Forage Looper Moth

Caenurgina crassiuscula