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Description |
| - Height 4 to 16 inches.
- EW Bloom Mar - May
- This short flower is an annual, growing from scratch each year.
- Leaves are palmate, showing 7 - 9 thin leaflets, like a hand.
- Abundant in open, moist, disturbed areas below 3,000 feet.
- Compare to Sky Lupine
- CA native
- AKA Lupine, Annual Lupine, Bicolored Lupine, Small Annual Lupine
- Pea Family (Fabaceae)
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Pea flowers form a short column, about 3 inches tall, at the top of this small but erect plant. |
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White banner spots on the top of the pea flower turn maroon with age. Leaflets are short and narrow. |
This small plant fills grasslands with blue in the spring. |
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