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mountain goldenbanner, golden pea, false lupine

Thermopsis montana

Photo by Lee C.
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Field Notes

Description:

Perennial plant with yellow pea-like flowers, compound leaves, blooming from May through August.

Habitat:

Meadows or openings in coniferous forests throughout the northern Rocky Mountains from British Columbia to California east to Montana and south to Colorado

Notes:

Animals avoid eating this plant. It is thus probably toxic.

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Thermopsis montana

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