2003 was a banner year for the hills around Gorman, CA. I5, the main highway connecting northern & southern CA, goes right thru this pass. The blue is Valley Lupine (abundant, forming spectacular hillside displays); the yellow, coreopsis.
Lupinus microcarpus (Wide-bannered lupine or Chick lupine), is a species of lupine native to western North America from southwestern British Columbia south to the Mojave Desert in California and Baja California, and also a disjunct population in South America in central Chile and western Argentina. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 1600 m in southern California.
