General: White lupine is a non-native, annual legume, reaching heights up to 47 inches. It has a strong taproot penetrating over 2 feet into the soil (Brebaum and Boland, 1995). Leaves are alternate and compound with 5-9 leaflets, nearly smooth above and hairy beneath. Individual plants produce several orders of inflorescences and branches, resulting in clusters of long, oblong pods, each cluster having 3-7 pods, and each pod containing 3-7 seeds. White lupine flowers in May-June. The flowers are white to violet with the upper lip being entire and the lower lip entire or slightly 3-toothed (Jansen, 2006).