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Lupinus obtusilobus is a species of lupine known by the common name bluntlobe lupine. It is native to high mountains of northern California, including the North Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains, and the northernmost Sierra Nevada. It grows in various types of mountain habitat, sometimes carpeting meadows with its purple blooms in the spring. It is a perennial herb growing erect or decumbent along the ground, its stem 15 to 30 centimeters long. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 7 leaflets up to 5 centimeters long. The herbage is coated in silvery silky hairs. The flower cluster is a small raceme with a few whorls of flowers each just over a centimeter long. The flower is blue to purple with a yellowish patch on its banner. The fruit is a silky-haired legume pod up to 4 centimeters long.
Perennial herb
6 - 12 in Tall
Blue, Lavender, Purple
Full Sun
Moderate
Fast
For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds need no treatment. Stored seeds scarification or hot water.
Gravelly summits
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 34 likely
Lupine Dagger
Acronicta lupini
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica