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    • Lupinus benthamii
  • English
    • spider lupine

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tsoleau

Date

Apr 10, 2010

Description

What do you think? I have a hard time differentiating between lupines. These were much larger than the ones I had seen in Anza Borrego.

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Description from Wikipedia

Lupinus benthamii is a species of lupine known by the common name spider lupine. It is endemic to central California, where it is known from the Central Coast Ranges across the Central Valley into the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is common in some areas, covering hillsides with its blue blooms in the spring. This is a hairy annual herb growing 20 to 70 centimeters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 10 leaflets...