Plant Signs

Barestem Biscuitroot

Lomatium nudicaule

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lewis' Lomatium

Lomatium triternatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Common Lomatium

Lomatium utriculatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Lonicera cauriana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Chaparral Honeysuckle

Lonicera interrupta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Vine

Flower Color: Cream

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Black Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 16 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Orange, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Southern Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Santa Barbara Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata var. denudata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Southern Honeysuckle

Lonicera subspicata var. subspicata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall , 20 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Sickle Keeled Lupine

Lupinus albicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Hederma Sickle Keeled Lupine

Lupinus albicaulis 'Hederma'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Mountain Bush Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. austromontanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 84 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Silver Bush Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. collinus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Hall's Bush Lupine

Lupinus albifrons var. hallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Coastal Bush Lupine

Lupinus arboreus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Spur Lupine

Lupinus arbustus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 60 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 60 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Arizona Lupine

Lupinus arizonicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Pink, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Blue, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Miniature Lupine

Lupinus bicolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 16 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Brewer's Lupine

Lupinus breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Dune Bush Lupine

Lupinus chamissonis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Elegant Lupine

Lupinus concinnus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Grape Soda Lupine

Lupinus excubitus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, White, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

San Mateo Tree Lupine

Lupinus eximius

Calscape.org

2000 Dean Wm. Taylor

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer Lupine

Lupinus formosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Summer Lupine

Lupinus formosus var. formosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Gray's Lupine

Lupinus grayi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Stinging Lupine

Lupinus hirsutissimus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Broad Leaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Pacific Lupine

Lupinus lepidus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Pink, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Velvet Lupine

Lupinus leucophyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Yellow, White, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Seashore Lupine

Lupinus littoralis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Longleaf Bush Lupine

Lupinus longifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Blue

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Pale Yellow Lupine

Lupinus luteolus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Chick Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall , 1 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Pink, Yellow, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dense Flowered Platycarpos

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Valley Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Milo Baker's Lupine

Lupinus milobakeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Pyramidal, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Pacific Pink Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pacific Pink'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Pixie Delight Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus 'Pixie Delight'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall , 6 - 12 in wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Shasta Lupine

Lupinus obtusilobus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Royal Lupine

Lupinus odoratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Mojave Lupine

Lupinus odoratus var. odoratus

Calscape.org

Lupinus odoratus var. odoratus

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 60 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Burke's Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 60 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 59 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Riverbank Lupine

Lupinus rivularis

Calscape.org

2015 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Cobb Mtn. Lupine

Lupinus sericatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall , 1 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. inopinatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. sparsiflorus

Calscape.org

2011 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Harlequin Lupine

Lupinus stiversii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Succulent Lupine

Lupinus succulentus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Rodeo Rose Arroyo Lupine

Lupinus succulentus 'Rodeo Rose'

Calscape.org

Lupinus succulentus 'Rodeo Rose'

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow