Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Lupine-like spikes of bright yellow pea flowers over blue-green clover leaves in early summer. Long-lived and drought-tolerant. Deer leave it alone because the foliage is toxic.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- GA, KY, NC, TN, WV