Fabaceae
Coulter's lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lupinus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coulter's lupine, Mojave lupine
Synonyms
- Lupinus pondii Greene
- Lupinus sparsiflorus subsp. inopinatus (C.P.Sm.) Dziek. & D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus sparsiflorus subsp. mohavensis Dziek. & D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus sparsiflorus subsp. pondii (Greene) Dziek. & D.B.Dunn
- Lupinus sparsiflorus subsp. sparsiflorus
- Lupinus sparsiflorus var. inopinatus C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus sparsiflorus var. insignitus C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus sparsiflorus var. mohavensis (Dziek. & D.B.Dunn) S.L.Welsh
- Lupinus sparsiflorus var. pondii (Greene) C.P.Sm.
- Lupinus sparsiflorus var. sparsiflorus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cernunnon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.