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
Note: Washington recognizes Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus and Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus as separate varieties (Fall 2022)
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The photo at left 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 at right 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.
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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. Note the hairs on the upper margin of the keel.
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Two views of 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.
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The two photos at left show velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) as seen on Zumwalt Prairie to the northeast of Enterprise, OR.........June 27, 2008. The two photos at right show velvet lupine in bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, north-central Klickitat County, WA......June 4, 2021.
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Velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) as seen in meadows at the junction of FS Roads 42 & 4240, Ochoco National Forest.........June 21, 2017.
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Velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) beginning to bloom (left) in Logan Valley, just west of Big Creek Campground, Malheur National Forest..........July 1, 2010. The photo at center shows a late blooming velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) along Forest Service Road 16 in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest........August 10, 2015. The photo at right shows velvet lupine (var. tenuispicus) blooming along the Eagle Trail at Waikiki Springs Nature Preserve, Spokane County, WA.....June 24, 2022.
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Velvet lupines (var. tenuispicus) blooming along the Stubblefield Trail, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge......July 4, 2018.
Paul Slichter