Fabaceae
Elegant lupine
Lupinus elegans
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 雅丽羽扇豆
- English
- Elegant lupine
Flowers
- In flower
- November (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
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
Photo: Dayan Romero, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dayan Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.