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Arroyo lupine, Succulent lupine

Lupinus succulentus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

The pea-shaped flowers are in whorls along the unusually thick, fleshy, green, hairless flower stalks. The individual flowers have a large, white banner spot on the banner petal that turns magenta with age. The leaves are green, mainly cauline (growing along the stems), and palmate with 7 to 9 broad, fleshy, blunt-tipped leaflets with hairless upper surfaces.

Habitat:

Rocky ocean bluff.

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PublishedJune 14, 2013

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