Wild Perennial Lupine

(Lupinus perennis)
Telegraph Mountain Wilderness
Eastern Nevada, USA
(2010.JUN.06)

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Height: Up to 4 ft.
Flower Color: Blue, sometimes a bit red.
(I have also seen yellow!)

Perennial. Returns each spring from same roots, forming expanding clump. Blooms second spring from seed.

Flower Type: Spike of sweet-pea-like flowers
Bloom Time: Early and mid-Spring
Wild Perennial Lupine’s native range
Indigenous To Most of the US and Canada east of the Mississippi where Wild Perennial Lupine is naturalized or can be grown

Soil preference: Adaptable, but like all lupines, prefers loose, sandy soil.Average moisture, well-drained. Needs full sun.

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Canon 350D EOS
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