[Lupines: The Genus Lupinus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Small-flowered Lupine

Lupinus polycarpus

Synonym: Lupinus micranthus

Field Lupine, Small-flowered Annual Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonym: Lupinus micranthus)

The photo above shows small-flowered lupine as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........May 19, 2007.

Sideview of a flower of Field Lupine, Small-flowered Annual Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonym: Lupinus micranthus)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of small-flowered lupine as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........May 19, 2007. The banner is located further forward, and inclined at narrower angle than the similar bicolored lupine.

Field Lupine, Small-flowered Annual Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonym: Lupinus micranthus)

The photo above shows a good view of the congested inflorescence and palmately compound leaves of small-flowered lupine as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........May 19, 2007. Note the numerous spreading hairs on the petioles and lower surface of the leaflets.

Paul Slichter