Silvery Lupine

For this Flora and Fauna Friday I'm introducing you to the Silvery Lupine!

Common name- Silvery Lupine or just Lupine.

Latin name-Lupinus argenteus

Family- Pea

General info- 18" high with blue or bi colored (pink or white) 3/4" pea-flowers. Whorled in conical clusters. Silver-hairy leaves (usual only below), stems, seedpods, sepals. Stems often purple. Leaves palmately compound.

Blooms-April through July

Habitat- partial shade at mid-elevations, alpine gravels (where dwarfed). Ponderosa pine forest and meadows.

Source- National Audubon Society- Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States.