Text by: Teresa Sholars

Photography by: Stuart Wilson

The field guide to Lupines of California contains pictures of each species and their varieties, a brief description of each taxon, the common name, habitat, and most important diagnostic feature. Identification with the guide will now be easier!

The guide covers only the lupines that grow wild in California. There are 70 species and 43 varieties recognized in California, for a total of 113 taxonomic groups, or “taxa.”  Geographic locations will also be included using the Jepson acronyms, individual maps, and line drawings from The Jepson Manual.