Fabaceae
European yellow lupine
Lupinus luteus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- ترمس أصفر
- arz
- ترمس اصفر
- Azerbaijani
- Sarı acıpaxla
- Basque
- Eskuhori
- Belarusian
- Лубін жоўты
- Bulgarian
- Жълта лупина
- Catalan
- Llobí groc, Tramús groc
- Chinese
- 黃羽扇豆, 黄羽扇豆, 黄花羽扇豆
- csb
- Żôłti lëpin
- Czech
- Lupina žlutá
- Dutch
- Gele lupine
- English
- European yellow lupine, Yellow lupin, Annual yellow-lupin
- Estonian
- Kollane lupiin
- Finnish
- Keltalupiini
- French
- Lupin jaune, Lupin jaune soufre
- Hebrew
- תורמוס צהוב
- hsb
- Žołta lupina
- Icelandic
- Ilmlúpína
- Latvian
- Dzeltenā lupīna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gullupin
- Polish
- Łubin żółty
- Portuguese
- Tremoço-amarelo, Tremoceiro-amarelo
- Russian
- Люпин жёлтый, Люпин желтый
- Spanish
- Altramuz amarillo
- Swedish
- Gullupin
- Turkish
- Sarı acı bakla
- Ukrainian
- Люпин жовтий
Synonyms
- Lupinus luteus f. bernatzkayae Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus f. compactus Kazim. & Kaz.
- Lupinus luteus f. golovczenkoi Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus f. lukasheviczii Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus f. ucrainicus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus f. volovnenkoae Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus subsp. orientalis Kazim. & Kaz.
- Lupinus luteus subvar. chloroticus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus subvar. leucospermus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus subvar. ochroleucus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus subvar. taranuchoi Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. albicans Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. arcellus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. aurantiacus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. aureus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. citrinus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. cremeus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. croceus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. kazimierskii Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. leucospermus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. maculosus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. melanospermus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. niger Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. ochroleucus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. ramosus Merino
- Lupinus luteus var. sempolovskii Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. sinskayae Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. stepanovae Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus luteus var. sulphureus Kurl. & Stank.
- Lupinus niger Wehmer
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (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
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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.