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
Lupinus albifrons, Silver lupine, white-leaf bush lupine, or evergreen lupine, is a species of lupine (lupin). It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows along the coast and in dry and open meadows, prairies and forest clearings. It is a member of several plant communities, including coastal sage scrub, chaparral, northern coastal scrub, foothill ...more ↓
Summer Lupine
Lupinus formosus, the summer lupine, is a member of the lupine genus Lupinus in the Fabaceae family. It is native to California.
