Pronunciation: loo-PIE-nus her-soo-TI-si-mus
Common name: Stinging lupine
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Locally common in dry rocky areas, open
wooded or brushy places below 4000', coastal
sage scrub, chaparral, cismontane s. California
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lupinus
2) hirsutissimus