Velvet Lupine, White-leaved Lupine, Wooly-leaved Lupine, Poison Lupine
Lupinus leucophyllus
Synonyms: Lupinus canescens, Lupinus cyaneus, Lupinus enodatus, Lupinus forslingii, Lupinus holosericeus var. amblyophyllus, Lupinus leucophyllus var. belliae, Lupinus leucophyllus var. canescens, Lupinus leucophyllus ssp. erectus, Lupinus leucophyllus ssp. leucophyllus, Lupinus leucophyllus ssp. leucophyllus var. canescens, Lupinus leucophyllus ssp. leucophyllus var. leucophyllus, Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus, Lupinus leucophyllus var. plumosus, Lupinus leucophyllus var. retrorsus, Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus, Lupinus macrostachys, Lupinus plumosus, Lupinus retrorsus
The photo above shows velvet lupine (var. leucophyllus) as seen
along the Klickitat Hatchery Road to the east of Glenwood, WA....................July
2, 2006. This species which is common in the eastern Columbia River Gorge (to
the east of the Klickitat River) can be found westward to about 1 mile east
of Glenwood, WA and northward to near the Yakima-Klickitat County Line.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of velvet lupine as seen along the Blue Mt. Scenic Byway (Umatilla N.F.). Note how the banner
is pressed forward closely atop the wings and keel and how the pedicel and calyx
is densely covered with long, spreading hairs............... June 22, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of velvet lupine, with the keel visible, as seen along the Blue Mt. Scenic Byway (Umatilla N.F.)....................June 22, 2007. Note the hairs on the upper margin of the keel.
The photo above shows a close-up of the leaf
of velvet lupine (var. leucophyllus) as seen along the road to the Klickitat Fish Hatchery to the
east of Glenwood, WA........................June 18, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of the raceme of velvet lupine as seen along the Blue Mt. Scenic Byway (Umatilla National Forest) to the west of Ukiah, OR....................June 22, 2007.
The photo above shows velvet lupine as seen along the Blue Mt. Scenic Byway (Umatilla National Forest) to the west of Ukiah, OR....................June 22, 2007. This is the former variety tenuispicus, which has smaller flowers.
The photo above shows velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) as seen on Zumwalt Prairie to the northeast of Enterprise, OR.................June 27, 2008.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) as seen on Zumwalt Prairie to the northeast of Enterprise, OR.................June 27, 2008.
Velvet lupine beginning to bloom in Logan Valley, just west of Big Creek Campground, Malheur National Forest.............July 1, 2010.
Paul Slichter