[Lupines: The Genus Lupinus in Mt. Adams Country]

Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine

Lupinus polycarpus

Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus

Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus) - Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus)

The photo at left shows small-flowered lupine as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge...........May 19, 2007. The photo at right shows the inflorescence of small-flowered lupine as seen in open oak woodlands on the southeast-facing slopes of Grayback Mountain, about 6 miles south of the Klickitat-Yakima County line......May 14, 2023..

Flower of Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus) - Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus)

Two close-up images of the flower and leaves 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. Note the numerous spreading hairs on the petioles and lower surface of the leaflets.

Field Lupine, Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus polycarpus (Synonyms: Lupinus bicolor ssp. microphyllus, Lupinus micranthus)

A field full of small-flowered lupine blooming in a drainage about two miles south of Grayback Mountain, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........April 26, 2016.
Paul Slichter