Nine wild lupines

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  1. Kildale

    Kildale Nature's Window

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    Over my travels I have photographed 9 different species of lupines, all blue shades except one.

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    Lupinus arboreus, Yellow Bush Lupine ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus arcticus, Arctic Lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus argenteus, Silvery lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus arizonicus, Arizona lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus bicolor, Two coloured lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus Littoralis, Seashore Lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus polycarpus, Small flowered lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus sericeus, Silky Lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )

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    Lupinus succulentus, Arroyo Lupine. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I really didn't know that there were so many different wild lupins. The yellow one is lovely.
     
  4. cherylad

    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    I like them all.. but that yellow one just stands out from the blue ones. Ain't mother nature marvelous like that? :stew2:
     
  5. stratsmom

    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    I do love a lupine! :p
     

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