Annual Lupine with bumble bee (Lupinus bicolor) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

I love lupine. I hiked through this endless field of lupine near Big Sur, CA.
Wikipedia: "It is a showy flowering plant native to western North America from California to British Columbia. It is an annual lupine which often shares a habitat with the California poppy." The bee is a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii).

Habitat:

Open grassland near Big Sur, CA.

Reference Links:

EOL: Lupinus bicolor, Lupinus bicolor, Calflora: Lupinus bicolor

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Thank you Rita! :)

So beautiful and sweet.

Thank you Kristal!

Beautiful lupine photos. If you're curious the bumble bee is a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii).

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