Carried by 2 nurseries
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3 - 4 ft Tall
Upright
Fast
Blue, Lavender
Summer, Fall
Lupinus albicaulis is a species of lupine known by the common name sickle-keel lupine. It is native to the western United States from Washington to California, where it grows mostly in mountain habitat. It is a hairy, erect perennial herb often exceeding a meter in height. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 10 leaflets each up to 7 centimeters long. The flower cluster is up to 44 centimeters long, bearing whorls of flowers each 1 to 1.6 centimeters long. The flower is purple to yellowish or whitish in color and has a sickle-shaped keel. The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long containing several seeds. In Oregon, where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses, including reforestation and revegetation of roadsides and other disturbed habitat.
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 47 likely
Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosa
Syncopacma nigrella
Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
Shasta Blue
Icaricia shasta
Dry slopes, open places
Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest