Lupinus laxiflorus var. laxiflorus
Spurred Lupine

Family: Fabaceae [Leguminosae](Pea family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, dry open meadow on sandy/rocky soil, elevation 5600 ft.

Flowers:

mosly blue to purple in color; 9 to 14 mm long; wing petals pubescent near tip; calyx spurred above pedicel; banner not pubescent on upper third

Fruit:

Leaves:

pubescent on upper surface, but less than below; obtuse or rounded at the tips of the leaflets

Plant:

perennial

Habitat:

in sagebrush and ponderosa pine forest

Distribution of species:

in the east Cascades Washington to California, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada

Distribution of genus:

more or less 200 species: North America, South America, and Mediterranean