DWARF MOUNTAIN LUPINE

Class: Lupinus lyallii

Family: PEA FAMILY

Sub Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Low Mountain Lupine

Colour: Blue to purple

Height: 5-20 cm (2-8")

Each Flower: 1.3 cm (1/2") long; standard curled backwards at sides which touch behind, front often white; wings completely enclose keel; calyx silky-haired with 1 long, pointed tooth below and 2 smaller ones above; about 10 flowers to a cluster

Leaves: Mostly basal with grey-green appearance due to flat, silky hairs, which are thicker below showing as paler margin on slightly rolled up edges of leaflets; downy stalks, 1.3-3 cm (1/2-1 1/4") long with 5-7 narrow pointed leaflets, 3 mm-1.3 cm (1/8-1/2") long, radiating like spokes of wheel

Stems: Flower-stems downy and reddish; plants tend to be mat-forming

Blooming Period: July - August

Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes and ridges to above timberline, sparsely scattered

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