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Types of Lupines

There are many species of the lupinus (lupine) that can be planted in your garden or on your property. Some of these can only grow within certain climate zones while others can be placed almost anywhere. Here is a list of some of the species that you could put into your gardens.

• Lupinus adsurgens – Drew's silky lupine
• Lupinus affinis – fleshy lupine
• Lupinus albicaulis – sickle-keel lupin
• Lupinus albifrons – silver bush lupin
• Lupinus albus – white lupin
• Lupinus × alpestris
• Lupinus andersonii – Anderson's lupine
• Lupinus angustiflorus – narrowflower lupin
• Lupinus angustifolius – blue lupin, narrowleaf lupin
• Lupinus antoninus – Anthony Peak lupine
• Lupinus arboreus – yellow bush lupin, tree lupin
• Lupinus arbustus – longspur lupin
• Lupinus arcticus – Arctic lupin
• Lupinus argenteus – silvery lupin

  • Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri
• Lupinus aridorum – scrub lupin
• Lupinus arizonicus – Arizona lupin
• Lupinus benthamii
• Lupinus bicolor – miniature lupin, bicolor lupin, Lindley's annual lupin
• Lupinus bingenensis – Bingen lupin
• Lupinus brevicaulis – shortstem lupine
• Lupinus breweri – Brewer's lupine
• Lupinus burkei – Burke's lupin
• Lupinus caespitosus – stemless dwarf lupin
• Lupinus caudatus – Kellogg's spurred lupin
• Lupinus cervinus Kellogg – Santa Lucia lupin (= L. latissimus)
• Lupinus chamissonis – Chamisso bush lupin
• Lupinus citrinus – orange lupine
• Lupinus concinnus
• Lupinus constancei – The Lassics lupine
• Lupinus cosentinii
• Lupinus covillei – shaggy lupine
• Lupinus croceus – saffron-flowered lupine
• Lupinus dalesiae – Quincy lupine
• Lupinus duranii – Mono Lake lupine
• Lupinus diffusus – spreading lupin, Oak Ridge lupin, sky-blue lupin
• Lupinus elatus – tall silky lupine
• Lupinus elmeri – Elmer's lupine
• Lupinus excubitus – grape soda lupin
• Lupinus flavoculatus
• Lupinus foliolosus
• Lupinus formosus – summer lupin
• Lupinus grayi – Sierra lupine
• Lupinus guadalupensis – Guadalupe Island lupine
• Lupinus havardii
• Lupinus hirsutus
• Lupinus hirsutissimus – stinging lupine
• Lupinus holmgrenianus – Holmgren's lupine
• Lupinus hyacinthinus – San Jacinto lupine
• Lupinus jaimehintoniana
• Lupinus kuntii
• Lupinus kuschei – Yukon lupin
• Lupinus lapidicola ; Mt. Eddy lupine
• Lupinus latifolius – broadleaf lupin

  • Lupinus latifolius var. barbatus – Klamath lupine, bearded lupine
• Lupinus lepidus – prairie lupin
• Lupinus leucophyllus – woolly-leaf lupin
• Lupinus littoralis – seashore upin
• Lupinus longifolius – longleaf bush lupin

• Lupinus luteolus – butter lupine, pale yellow lupine
• Lupinus luteus – yellow lupin
• Lupinus lyallii – Lyall's lupin
• Lupinus macbrideanus
• Lupinus michelianus
• Lupinus micranthus
• Lupinus microcarpus – wide-bannered lupin, chick lupin

  • Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus – dense-flowered lupin
• Lupinus minimus – Kettle Falls lupin
• Lupinus mutabilis – Andean lupin, pearl lupin, South American lupin, tarwi, tarhui, chocho
• Lupinus nanus – dwarf lupin, field lupin, sky lupin, Douglas' annual lupin
• Lupinus nevadensis – Nevada lupine
• Lupinus nipomensis – Nipomo Mesa lupine
• Lupinus niveus
• Lupinus nootkatensis – Nootka lupin
• Lupinus nubigenus
• Lupinus obtusilobus – bluntlobe lupine
• Lupinus odoratus – royal Mojave lupin
• Lupinus onustus – Plumas lupine
• Lupinus oreganus – Oregon lupin
• Lupinus padre-crowleyi – DeDecker's lupine, Father Crowley's lupine
• Lupinus palaestinus –Whit-grey lupine, indigenous to Israel
• Lupinus parviflorus – lodgepole lupin
• Lupinus peirsonii – Peirson's lupine, long lupine
• Lupinus perennis – wild perennial lupin, sundial lupin, Indian beet, old maid's bonnets
• Lupinus pilosus – Blue Mountain lupine, indigenous to Israel
• Lupinus plattensis
• Lupinus polycarpus – smallflower lupin
• Lupinus polyphyllus – largeleaf lupin, bigleaf lupin, garden lupin
• Lupinus pratensis – Inyo Meadow lupine
• Lupinus prunophilus – hairy bigleaf lupin
• Lupinus pusillus – small lupin
• Lupinus × regalis – rainbow lupin
• Lupinus rivularis – riverbank lupin
• Lupinus rupestris
• Lupinus saxosus – rock lupine
• Lupinus sericatus – Cobb Mountain lupine
• Lupinus sericeus – Pursh's silky lupin
• Lupinus shockleyi – purple desert lupine
• Lupinus smithianus
• Lupinus sparsiflorus – desert lupin, Coulter's lupin, Mojave lupin
• Lupinus spectabilis – shaggyhair lupine
• Lupinus stiversii – harlequin annual lupine
• Lupinus subcarnosus – buffalo clover
• Lupinus succulentus – succulent lupin, arroyo lupin, hollowleaf annual lupin
• Lupinus sulphureus – sulphur lupin, sulphur-flowered lupin

  • Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii – Kincaid's lupin (formerly in L. oreganus)
• Lupinus texensis – Texas bluebonnet
• Lupinus tidestromii – Tidestrøm's Lupin
• Lupinus toratensis – Warwanzo, Lito
• Lupinus tracyi – Tracy's lupine
• Lupinus truncatus – collared annual lupine
• Lupinus vallicola – open lupin
• Lupinus variicolor – varied lupin
• Lupinus villosus
• Lupinus wyethii – Wyeth's lupin