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silver lupine Fabaceae Lupinus albifrons Benth. Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol: LUAL4
Leaf: Alternate, evergreen, palmately compound, 4 inches long, 6 to 10 lanceolate to oblanceolate leaflets, each up to 1 inch long, silvery-white with silky hairs.
Flower: Very showy, violet to lavender, in upright 6-8 inch spikes with flowers that are not whorled on the stalk; appearing spring to mid-summer; fragrant.
Fruit: Pea-like brown-hairy pods, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long; twist open violently when ripe, expelling seeds.
Twig: Green to gray-green.
Bark: Gray.
Form: Erect woody shrub to 5 feet tall; irregulary rounded in the open.
 Looks like: yellow bush lupine - dune lupine

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Additional Range Information: Lupinus albifrons is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. Download the full-size PDF map.
External Links: USDA Plants Database
All material © 2021 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information