Fabaceae
White lupin
Lupinus albus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- ترمس أبيض, باقلي, ترمس
- arz
- ترمس ابيض
- Basque
- Eskuzuri
- Bulgarian
- Бяла лупина
- Catalan
- Llobí, Llobi, Llobí blanc, Tramussos, Tramús
- Chinese
- 白花羽扇豆, 白羽扇豆
- Czech
- Lupina bílá, Lupina, Tremoso
- English
- White lupin, White lupine, Gibto
- Esperanto
- Blanka lupeno
- Estonian
- Valge lupiin
- Finnish
- Valkolupiini
- French
- Lupin blanc, Lupin d'Égypte
- Galician
- Chícharo de raposo
- German
- Weisse Lupine, Altramuces, Lupini, Weiße Lupine
- grc
- Θέρμος
- hsb
- Běła lupina
- Hungarian
- Fehér csillagfürt
- Icelandic
- Ljósalúpína
- Italian
- Lupino bianco
- kab
- Ibiw n wuccen
- Latvian
- Baltā lupīna
- Polish
- Łubin biały
- Portuguese
- Tremoço-branco, Tremoceiro-comum
- Russian
- Люпин белый
- scn
- Luppina, Luppinu
- Slovenian
- Beli volčji bob
- Spanish
- Lupin, Lupino blanco, Lupín
- Swedish
- Vitlupin
- Ukrainian
- Люпин білий
- Welsh
- Bysedd-y-blaidd gwyn
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Taklis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chiara Catalano, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mario Bassini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![White lupin: *Lupinus albus L. [Détermination : Jean-Claude ECHARDOUR] Localisation : Nozay (44)](/plants/lupinus-albus/photos/faca845030383dba-s.webp)
Photo: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: manuel m. v., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: manuel m. v., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: manuel m. v., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: manuel m. v., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![White lupin: *Lupinus albus L. [Détermination : Jean-Claude ECHARDOUR] Localisation : Nozay (44)](/plants/lupinus-albus/photos/faca845030383dba-l.webp)
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.