Miniature Lupine
Lupinus bicolor
Miniature lupine is a cheerful little annual that scatters blue-and-white spikes across western grasslands and roadsides each spring. Reseeds freely in sunny meadows.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~35 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, OR, WA
Related native plants
More Lupinus species
- Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
- Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
- Yellow Bush Lupine (Lupinus arboreus)
- Bigleaf Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
- Desert Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus)