Lupinus variicolor Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Lupinus variicolor Steud.

(not an active name)

Manycolored lupine, Varied lupine

Lupinus variicolor is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Lupinus littoralis var. variicolor


	Plant Range Observation Search ~406 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Lupinus
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Prairie

Name Status:

Alternate Names:


POWO	Lupinus littoralis var. variicolor
OTHER	Lupinus versicolor
JEF	Lupinus littoralis var. variicolor
PLANTS	Lupinus versicolor

Information about Lupinus variicolor from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (LUVE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).