Plant Signs

Valley Lupine

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

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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

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus

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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'

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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'

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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

Nevada Lupine

Lupinus nevadensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Nipomo Mesa Lupine

Lupinus nipomensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Shasta Lupine

Lupinus obtusilobus

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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

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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

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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

Mojave Royal Lupine

Lupinus odoratus var. pilosellus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Plumas Lupine

Lupinus onustus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Big Pod Lupine

Lupinus pachylobus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Father Crowley's Lupine

Lupinus padrecrowleyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Peirson's Lupine

Lupinus peirsonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

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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

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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

Holmgrens' Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. humicola

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Lupinus polyphyllus var. pallidipes

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 59 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

High, Moderate

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 59 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Rock Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Inyo Meadow Lupine

Lupinus pratensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Inyo Meadow Lupine

Lupinus pratensis var. eriostachyus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Inyo Meadow Lupine

Lupinus pratensis var. pratensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Coastal Bush Lupine

Lupinus propinquus

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Lavender, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Rusty Lupine

Lupinus pusillus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 9 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Yellow, Red, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Intermontane Lupine

Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Riverbank Lupine

Lupinus rivularis

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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

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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

Desert Lupine

Lupinus shockleyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus

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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

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Mojave Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. mohavensis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Coulter's Lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus ssp. sparsiflorus

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Shaggyhair Lupine

Lupinus spectabilis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Harlequin Lupine

Lupinus stiversii

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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

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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'

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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

Tidestrom's Lupine

Lupinus tidestromii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Tracy's Lupine

Lupinus tracyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Collared Annual Lupine

Lupinus truncatus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Water Jacket

Lycium andersonii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 9 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Baja Desert Thorn

Lycium brevipes

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 3 - 12 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender, White, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

California Box Thorn

Lycium californicum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Peach Thorn

Lycium cooperi

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Fremont Box Thorn

Lycium fremontii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Pale Desert Thorn

Lycium pallidum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Rabbit Thorn

Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Parish's Desert-thorn

Lycium parishii

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Torrey Wolfberry

Lycium torreyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender, White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Island Ironwood

Lyonothamnus floribundus

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 25 - 50 ft tall , 15 - 24 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Arctic Starflower

Lysimachia europaea

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Star Flower

Lysimachia latifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Partial Shade

Water

High

Common Loosestrife

Lythrum californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Standing

Tanseyleaf Tansyaster

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Plumpseeded Madia

Madia anomala

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Lemonscented Madia

Madia citriodora

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Spring Madia

Madia elegans

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 6 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Meager Tarweed

Madia exigua

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Mountain Tarweed

Madia glomerata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Black

Wildlife supported: