Fabaceae

Yellow bush lupine

Lupinus arboreus Sims

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lupinus

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Yellow bush lupine (Lupinus arboreus) — FlowerPhoto: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: ترمس شجري
arz: ترمس شجرى
Chinese: 加州羽扇豆, 树羽扇豆
English: Yellow bush lupine
Icelandic: Runnalúpína
Polish: Lupin 'Gallery Yellow'
Welsh: Coeden bysedd y blaidd

Synonyms

Lupinus arborescens Amabekova & Maisuran
Lupinus arboreus f. albus P.D.Sell
Lupinus arboreus f. aureus P.D.Sell
Lupinus arboreus var. eximius (Davy) C.P.Sm.
Lupinus barilochensis C.P.Sm.
Lupinus eximius Davy
Lupinus fruticosus Dum.Cours.
Lupinus macrocarpus Hook. & Arn.
Lupinus propinquus Greene
Lupinus rivularis J.Agardh
Lupinus sericeus Eschsch.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cole Wolf, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zoe Lieberman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Lewis Haskins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Holbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Giovanni Scarmoncin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.