Gulf Coast Lupine

Lupinus westianus var. westianus

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 8 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

27CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Lupinus

Apantesis phylliraPhyllira Tiger Moth
Apantesis placentiaPlacentia Tiger Moth
Caenurgina crassiusculaForage Looper Moth, Clover Looper, Range Grass Moth
Caenurgina erechteaClover Looper Moth, Common Grass Moth, Forage Looper
Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
Celastrina neglectaSummer Azure
Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
Cupido comyntasEastern Tailed-Blue
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer

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Euclidia cuspideaToothed Somberwing
Euxoa auxiliarisArmy Cut-Worm, Army Cutworm
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Gesta baptisiaeWild Indigo Duskywing, Baptisia Duskywing
Grapholita tristriganaThree-Lined Grapholita
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Seirarctia echoEcho Moth
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
Walshia miscecolorellaSweetclover Root Borer Moth
Anacampsis lupinella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

11BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Lupinus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Lupinus

Megachile melanophaea

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

11BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Lupinus

Alectoris chukarChukar
Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Callipepla gambeliiGambel's Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Lagopus mutaRock Ptarmigan
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow

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Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	S3
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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Gulf Coast Lupine

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