- Bloom Time: May – July
- Bloom Color: Purple
- Height: 24 inches
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium-dry to dry
Lupinus perennis
Caterpillar food for:
silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus), columbine duskywing (Erynnis lucilius), orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), painted lady (Vanessa cardui), eastern-tailed blue (Cupido comyntas)
Butterfly food for:
olympia marble (Euchloe olympia), long dash (Polites mystic)
Attracts these pollinators:
bumble bees (Bombus spp.), mining bees (Andrena spp.), small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), syrphid flies (Toxomerus spp.), mason bees (Osmia spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
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