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Wings of Change is spreading the word about the importance of butterflies and pollinators worldwide. We educate the community about how butterflies affect everything, including fire safety, drought tolerance, and our health.

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Field Lupine (Lupinus nanus)

$4.00 – $98.00

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Succulent Lupine, Arroyo Lupine

Field Lupine (Lupinus nanus) annual plant that is commonly found in the coastal ranges of California, Oregon and Washington is native to the western United States. It grows abundantly in chaparral clearings and along slopes in California, Nevada, and eastern Oregon. In California, it is most common in the Coast Ranges and Sierra foothills. As an annual, it is best grown from seed (see instructions below) and will self-sow.

Field Lupines are excellent flowers to use in arrangements and are a must-have for butterfly gardens.

  • Height:   under 1 ft to 1 ft –
  • Life Cycle:   annual
  • Growth Type:   flower
  • Flower Size:   small, 1/4 – 1 in
  • Inflorescence Size:   1 – 5 in
  • Flower Type:   clustered
  • Bloom Type:   spring
  • Flower Color:   blue
  • Native to California:   YES
  • California Range:   coast – inland
  • Water Requirements:   low
  • Characteristics / Comments:   good as ground cover – fire retardent properties – seeds/reseeds well
  • Fire Resistant / Low Fuel:   TRUE
  • Average Live Seed per Bulk Pound: 34,850

Upto 53 Butterflies Hosted:

  • Painted Lady
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Acmon Blue
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Silvery Blue
  • Shasta Blue
  • Arrowhead Blue
  • Melissa Blue
  • Persius Duskywing
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Behr’s Hairstreak
  • Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur
  • Anna’s Blue
  • Duskywing
  • Western Sulphur
  • Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak
  • Sooty Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Western Tussock Moth
  • Wandering Tiger Moth
  • Alfalfa Looper Moth
  • Painted Tiger Moth
  • Genista Caterpillar
  • Red-Humped Caterpillar
  • Californian Granite Moth
  • Sweetclover Root Borer Moth
  • Gray Swordgrass Moth
  • Ornate Moth
  • Clover Looper Moth
  • Ni Moth
  • Olive Green Cutworm Moth
  • Lupine Borer Moth
  • Orange Tortrix Moth
  • Dingy Cutworm
  • Forage Looper Moth
  • Agrochola Purpurea
  • Oso Flaco Flightless Moth
  • Citrus Cutowrm
  • Dicymolomia Metalliferalis
  • Lupine Dagger
  • Syncopacma Nigrella
  • Fishia Discors
  • Euxoa Catenula
  • Dryotype Opina
  • Chionodes Braunella
  • Schinia Suetus
  • Clear Dart
  • Euxoa Wilsoni
  • Interjectio Denticulella
  • Chionodes Nanodella
  • Chionodes Iophosella
  • Epinotia Infuscana
  • Grapholita Imitativa

Information taken from Calscape.

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S, M, L, XL

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