Thermopsis villosa (caroliniana)
False Lupine
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 4–9
- Mature size
- Height 3–4 Feet · Spread 2–3 Feet
- Growth rate
- Fast
This variety is no actively in production in our propagation house and may not return to our catalogue. We maintain this page purely for reference and archival purposes. If you would like to grow this plant, tell us. Your interest helps guide what we bring back.
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False Lupine is a tall perennial in the pea family. It has blue-green leaves with three leaflets and is notable for the showy spikes of bright yellow flowers in spring. Plant in a sunny bed or border with well-drained soil. Armitage (Herbaceous Perennial Plants) says it is "overlooked" as a garden plant and that "On a three-year-old clump at the University of Georgia, over 30 flower stems were produced". Native from Maine to Alabama but in relatively few and widely scattered sites.
yellow, 10 inch long terminal racemes