Lupinus arbustus (laxiflorus) ssp. calcaratus
Longspur Lupine

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)

Photos taken near Badger Mountain, dry lithosol area, shrub-steppe

Flowers:

papilionaceous; racemose; flowers white to cream in color, rarely less than 10 mm; calyx spurred at base above the pedicel; banner not pubescent on upper third; wing petals pubescent near tip; upper calyx lip 1/5 to 1/4 as long as wings

Fruit:

pods flattened, hairy, 2 to 12 seeded, dehiscent

Leaves:

palmately compound

Plant:

perennial

Habitat:

Distribution of species:

Distribution of genus:

more or less 200 species: tropical and western South America, the Mediterranean, and North America especially in the west