Fabaceae
Sky lupine
Lupinus nanus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- ترمس قزم, ترمس الوادي
- arz
- ترمس قزم
- Chinese
- 倭羽扇豆
- English
- Sky lupine, Open lupine
- Icelandic
- Dverglúpína
Synonyms
- Lupinus apricus Greene
- Lupinus blaisdellii Eastw.
- Lupinus nanus f. albus Voss
- Lupinus nanus f. lilacinus (T.Moore) Voss
- Lupinus nanus subsp. latifolius (Benth. ex Torr.) D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus nanus subsp. menkerae (C.P.Sm.) D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus nanus var. albococcineus Wyman & Harshb.
- Lupinus nanus var. albus Orcutt
- Lupinus nanus var. apricus (Greene) C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus nanus var. coelestinus J.Carter ex J.Dix
- Lupinus nanus var. latifolius Benth. ex Torr.
- Lupinus nanus var. lilacinus T.Moore
- Lupinus nanus var. maritimus Hoover
- Lupinus nanus var. menkerae C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus nanus var. nanus
- Lupinus nanus var. vallicola (A.Heller) C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus odoratus F.Dietr.
- Lupinus persistens A.Heller
- Lupinus sparsiflorus Torr.
- Lupinus vallicola A.Heller
- Lupinus vallicola subsp. apricus (Greene) D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus vallicola var. apricus (Greene) C.P.Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 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.