Fabaceae
Tarwi
Lupinus mutabilis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- ترمس طفري
- arz
- ترمس طفرى
- Aymara
- Tarwi
- Chinese
- 南美羽扇豆
- English
- Tarwi
- Esperanto
- Andena lupeno
- Estonian
- Muutlik lupiin
- Finnish
- Tuoksulupiini
- French
- Chocho, Lupin andin, Lupin changeant, Tarwi
- German
- Anden-Lupine, Andenlupine, Chochos
- Icelandic
- Andeslúpína
- Japanese
- ザッショクノボリフジ
- Lithuanian
- Andinis lubinas
- Polish
- Łubin zmienny, Łubin indyjski
- Quechua
- Tarwi, Tawri
- Spanish
- Tarhui, Tarwi
Synonyms
- Lupinus cruckshanksii Hook.
- Lupinus mutabilis f. cruckshanksii (Hook.) Voss
- Lupinus mutabilis f. variicolor T.Moore
- Lupinus mutabilis var. cruckshanksii (Hook.) D.Don
- Lupinus mutabilis var. mutabilis
- Lupinus mutabilis var. roseus Vargas ex C.P.Sm.
Flowers
- In flower
- February (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Esteban Poveda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Awkiku, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dominik Zuchnický, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Luis Fer JP, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Awkiku, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Awkiku, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Torrente, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.