Silvery Lupine (Lupinus argenteus) Login         


        Description
  • Height 4 in. - 5 ft.
  • CA Bloom Aug - Sep
  • Pea-shaped flowers are small (under 1/2 inch) and can be blue, purple and/or white.
  • Appearance varies. It is sometimes hairy and sometimes not. Flowers can be mostly blue or mostly white.
  • Hairy pea pods form from the flower, about 1 inch long.
  • Fairly common in the eastern Sierras.
  • CA native
  • Pea Family (Fabaceae)



Many pea flowers are grouped at the top of dedicated flower stalks. Note short pedicels connecting each flower.



Palmate leaves have 5-9 narrow "fingers". Leaves may be fuzzy, but not always.



Many stalks of lupine flowers stand above palmate leaves.

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