Wild Lupine
- Botanical Name
- Lupinus perennis
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Width
- 12 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring: erect stems of pea-like blue flowers, flowers can occasionally bloom in pink to white
- Light
- Full to part sun
- Soil
- Sandy, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Required sandy soils, does not do well in clay soils
- Only host plant to the endangered Karner Blue butterfly
- Host plant to the Fosted Elfin and Eastern Persius Duskywing butterflies
- Attacts hummingbirds
- Attacts bumble bees
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