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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Lupinus bicolor tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Lupinus bicolor

Common Names: Miniature Mupine, Lindley's Annual Lupine, Bicolor Lupine

USDA lists 10 subspecies (most all in CA and only ssp. bicolor found in WA), ITIS lists 6 subspecies. JEPSON states the species is highly variable and needs work to differentiate differences.

Note small, two colored (generally blue petals and white banner) petals, hairy lupine. Sometimes with speckles/spots on both petals and banner, palmated leaves. Found west of Cascades, mostly around Puget Sound.

north Puget Sound
TRAIL: West Side Road - San Juan Island
HABITAT: coastal bluff
ELEVATION: 10 meters (40 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 08-JUN
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus bicolor