| Taxon | Lupinus arboreus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | lupine; lupin; sun-dial plant; sun dial plant; sundial plant; sun-dial; sun dial; sundial; old-maid's-sunbonnets |
| Species common name(s) | yellow bush lupine; yellow bush-lupine; yellow-bush lupine; yellow-flowered bush lupine; yellow tree lupine; tree lupine; tree lupin; large yellow lupine |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | San Mateo tree lupine [var. eximius]; Montara Mtn blue bush lupine [var. eximius]; Montara Mountain blue bush lupine [var. eximius]; Montara Mountain blue lupine [var. eximius] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | bush-lupine, bush lupine, bush lupin, blue bush lupine, coastal bush-lupine, coastal bush lupine, coast bush lupine are applied to multiple Lupinus taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces, blue bean are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. eximius (Burtt Davy) C.P. Sm.; Lupinus eximius Burtt Davy; Lupinus propinquus Greene |
