![Flowers and pods of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus1c.jpg)
Low lupine as seen in desert soils along Wildhorse Ranch Road in the southern Alvord Desert of southeastern Oregon............June 1, 2012.
- ![Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus1b.jpg)
- ![Flower of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus1e.jpg)
- ![Close-up sideview of a flower of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus1f.jpg)
- ![Dorsal leaf surface of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus1i.jpg)
Additional images of low lupine as seen in desert soils along Wildhorse Ranch Road in the southern Alvord Desert of southeastern Oregon............June 1, 2012.
![Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus2a.jpg)
Low lupine in sandy soils atop the White Bluffs across from the old townsite of Hanford, WA, Hanford Reach National Monument..........May 10, 2013.
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- ![Flower of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus4c.jpg)
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- ![Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](pusillus4f.jpg)
Low lupine as seen on sandy soils at White Bluffs North, Hanford Reach National Monument.........April 26, 2014.
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- ![Pods of Rusty Lupine, Low Lupine, Small Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus (Synonym: Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus)](luppusilluspod.jpg)
The photo above shows a rusty lupine as seen in the sands of the Alvord Desert to the northeast of the Pueblo Mts. of southeastern Oregon.
Note the numerous, long, spreading hairs.