Plant Data

Names and Taxonomy

  • Common Names: Silvery Lupine, Silver-Stem Lupine
  • Synonyms:
  • Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
  • Genus Information:

Habit and Size

  • Duration: perennial
  • Habit: forb
  • Shape: upright, spreading
  • Size: up to 3'
  • Stem: silver hairs

Leaves

  • Color: green, silver hairs
  • Shape: palmate
  • Edge: toothed
  • Arrangement: palmately-compound, alternate
  • Leaf Retention:

Flowers and Fruit

  • Sex: monoecious
  • Flower Color: purple
  • Flower Size: 5-15 mm
  • Number of Petals: pea
  • Bloom: May, Jun, Jul, Aug
  • Fruit: 1-3 cm, seed 2-6 cm

Habitat and Growing Conditions

  • Water Use: low
  • Light: some shade
  • Soil: moist or dry
  • Habitat: Grasslands, sagebrush steppe, open forest, woodlands, fellfields; plains, valleys to alpine

Distribution

  • Distribution: native to much of western North America from the southwestern Canadian provinces to the southwestern and midwestern United States
  • Seen: UT
  • Elevation:

Photographs

Silvery Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

UT

Silvery Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

UT