Plant Min Zone: 4a
Plant Max Zone: 8a
Sunlight: All Day Full Sun, Full Sun
Water / Rainfall: Low, Average
Soil Quality: Average
Bloom Season: Early Spring
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Berry / Fruit Color: None
Spring Foliage Color: Green
Summer Foliage Color: Green
Fall Foliage Color: Green
Evergreen Foliage: No
Winter Interest: No
Scented Flowers: No
Drought Tolerance: Medium, High
Wet-Feet Tolerance: Medium
Humidity Tolerance: Medium, High
Wind Tolerance: Medium
Poor Soil Tolerance: Clay Soils, Rocky Soils
Height: 2' - 3'
Width: 1.5' - 2.5'
Growth Rate: Medium
Service Life: Very Long: 10-20 years
Maintenance Need: Low
Spreading Potential: Low
Yearly Trimming Tips: Trim Perennial to Ground Around First Fall Freeze: No Winter Interest.
Plant Grouping Size: Small Grouping of 3-5, Medium Grouping of 5-10
Best Side of House: South Exposure, West Exposure, East Exposure
Extreme Planting Locations: Survives Severe Drought, Tolerates Extreme Heat, Top of Retaining Wall Locations, Resistant to Rabbits
Ornamental Features: Long Blooming Season, Multiple Seasons of Interest, Emerges Early in Spring
Special Landscape Uses: None
Possible Pest Problems: None
Plant Limitations: May Needs Staking, Sometimes Mistaken as Weed
Yellow False Lupine / Lanceleaf Thermopsis, is also known as Thermopsis lanceolata. This plant has beautiful green narrow leaves and black stems on new emerging plants before flowering. Thermopsis lanceolata, the tapered false lupin, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal and China.