Lupinus excubitus - Grape soda lupine

Grape soda lupine (Lupinus excubitus) is a small, evergreen bush lupine ranging from California desert to mountain habitats, with violet flowers fragrant enough to smell like grape soda. It grows 0.5-1.5 m tall and 1-1.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Lupinus spp. - Lupine
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Attracting bees¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1.5
Diameter (m)	1-1.5

Footnotes

1. Lupinus excubitus, Grape Soda Lupine | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩