Silver Bush Lupine
Lupinus albifrons
Silvery, silk-leaved shrub lupine sending up spikes of fragrant violet-blue flowers in spring. A nitrogen-fixer and butterfly host that wants fast drainage and no summer water.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~35 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- CA, OR
Related native plants
More Lupinus species
- Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
- Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
- Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
- Yellow Bush Lupine (Lupinus arboreus)
- Bigleaf Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)