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Fabaceae

Pacific lupine

Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lupinus

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Pacific lupine: Prairie lupine Viewpoint location: Blue Mountain (6000+ feet, 1829+ m), north ridge, Olympic National Park Viewpoint elevation: 1779 meter (5837 ft) Location so
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Pacific lupine
Icelandic
Sléttulúpína

Synonyms

  • Lupinus concinnus S.Watson
  • Lupinus lepidus subsp. typicus Detling
  • Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus
  • Lupinus lucidus Benth. ex Loudon

Flowers

Flower colour
blue (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Severe, 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.

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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.