Wild LupineLupinus perennis
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers blue-violet, pealike, large, and showy. Flowers arranged in an elongate flower spike (raceme). Seedpods trapezoidal, elongate. Stems hairy. Leaves hairy, palmate, radiating into 7 to 9 leaflets. Plant 1 to 2 feet in height.
Distribution: Minnesota in the west to Maine in the east, southward to Florida and Texas.
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Habitat: Wild Lupine is found on dry soils in open woods or woodland clearings.
Flowering period: April to July.
Similar Species: The palmate leaves and violet, pea-like flowers are distinctive. Cultivated lupines of mixed parentage sometimes escape from cultivation. These flowers can be violet, pink, or white.