| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lupinus watsonii A.Heller trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Muhlenbergia 1: 114 (1905) |
| Native Range | w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | subacaulescent, densely long white hirsute, leaves long petiolate, leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate, acute, 2-3cm, flowers in very compact, subsessile spike, corolla ca. 1cm |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | violet-purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Lupinus amniculi-cervi C.P.Sm. Lupinus aridus var. utahensis S.Watson Lupinus caespitosus var. utahensis (S.Watson) B.J.Cox Lupinus lepidus var. utahensis (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. Lupinus markleanus C.P.Sm. Lupinus psoraleoides Pollard Lupinus sinus-meyersi C.P.Sm. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |