Pronunciation: loo-PIE-nus trun-KAY-tus
Common name: Collar lupine
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Openings in woodlands or chaparral, grassy
places, burns, coastal sage scrub, to 3000'
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lupinus
2) truncatus