TAILCUP LUPINE 



W114 

 (2 leaves) 



Lupi'nus cauda'tus, syns, L. argenti'nus, L. gree'nei, L. monti' genus, 



L. oreo'philus 



Flowers pea-like, blue, violet, or 

 white, small (usually less than K in. 

 long), slender-stalked, brae ted for a 

 short time, scattered or somewhat 

 whorled, in end clusters (racemes) 



Petals 5, dissimilar, somewhat united ; 

 top petal (banner) silky-hairy on back, 

 with bent-back sides; side (2) petals 

 (wings) hairless or sometimes with a 

 few hairs near base; lowest (2) united 

 petals (keel) boatlike, more or less 

 hairy-fringed along upper edges 



Stamens 10, alternately long and 

 short, their stalks united into a tube 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 5-lobed, somewhat spurred or humped 

 on 1 side, silvery-hairy 



Seed pod about ^ to IK in. long, 

 fine-silky-hairy, several-seeded 



Leaves alternate, divided (compound) 

 into several fingerlike segments (leaf- 

 lets) stalked, with 2 narrow bracts 

 (stipules) at base of each leafstalk 



leaflets densely silky-hairy on both 

 surfaces, reverse-lance-shaped, abruptly 

 sharp-tipped 



Stems somewhat tufted, erect or 

 somewhat spreading at base, silky- 

 hairy, up to 2 ft. high 



Taproot perennial, woody, thickened 

 at top to form a root crown 



Lith. A Hoen & Co 



