Legumes: Lupines and Deervetch of Mount Diablo

A guide that should help fellow hikers, naturalists, and citizen scientists differentiate between the similar-looking lupines and deervetch seen at Mount Diablo.

Silver Lupine 1
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 2
Lupinus bicolor
Summer Lupine 3
Lupinus formosus
Broadleaf Lupine 4
Lupinus latifolius
Chick Lupine 5
Lupinus microcarpus
sky lupine 3
Lupinus nanus
Big Pod Lupine 6
Lupinus pachylobus
Arroyo Lupine 3
Lupinus succulentus
Spanish clover 7
Acmispon americanus
foothill deervetch 8
Acmispon brachycarpus
Common Deerweed 7
Acmispon glaber
desert deervetch 9
Acmispon parviflorus
Chile trefoil 3
Acmispon wrangelianus

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