Lupinus sericeus
Silky Lupine

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery, dry open area, sandy soil

Flowers:

papilionaceous; racemose; flowers mostly 10-12 mm, generally blue; banner white centered, pubescent to the upper third; calyx not spurred on the upper side at the base; keel abruptly contracted to a claw, tip rarely exposed

Leaves:

palmately compound

Plant:

perennial

Habitat:

sagebrush desert to lower mountain forest

Distribution of species:

mainly east Cascades, British Columbia to southern Oregon, to Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and New Mexico and south

Distribution of genus:

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

More information about this plant:

Flora Northwest