Lupinus burkei (polyphyllus) var. burkei
Burke's Lupine

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)

Photo taken near Badger Mountain, openly wooded hills, partial shade

Flowers:

papilionaceous; open racemes, 6 to 40 cm; upper lip of calyx cleft less than 1/3 of length; calyx not spurred; banner glabrous on the back

Leaves:

palmately compound; glabrous on upper surface, sparsely hairy on the lower surface; leaves of main stem generally less than 8; leaflets elliptic-oblanceolate, 4 to 15 cm by 10 to 25 mm

Plant:

perennial; 20 to 150 cm tall; stems usually unbranched

Habitat:

often along streams or meadows, but into mountains on shaded or open slopes

Distribution of species:

mainly east Cascades, British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Montana, and south

Distribution of genus:

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