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Velvet lupine

Lupinus leucophyllus Douglas ex Lindl.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lupinus

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Velvet lupine: Velvet Lupine
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
ترمس صوفي الأوراق
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ترمس صوفى الاوراق
English
Velvet lupine
Icelandic
Brekkulúpína

Synonyms

  • Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus

Characteristics

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

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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.