 The flower is generally purple-blue with a white or pink patch on its banner, and there are sometimes flowers in shades of light purple, pink, and white.The fruit is a roughly hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long and about 1 centimeter wide.Being the most water tolerant of all "Lupines", "Lupinus succulentus" is used cultivated as an ornamental plant, for flower borders, native plant and wildlife gardens, and in natural landscaping projects.