ROSE FAMILY—PEA FAMILY 43 
SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL DASYPHORA FRUTICOSA 
Plate 25, fig. 5 
The Cinquefoils receive this name from the French and it refers to 
the five-parted leaves. The Shrubby Cinquefoil has yellow blossoms 
on erect shrubby stems that form good-sized bushes, or may be only a 
few inches tall at high elevations. They occur in meadows, along 
brooks and on gravel-slides at 6000-12000 ft, and bear flowers all sum- 
mer. 
PEA FAMILY 
GOLDEN BANNER THERMOPSIS MONTANA 
Plate 27, fig. 1 
The bright yellow flowers of the Golden Banner occur in open 
spikes on plants 1-3 ft. high, and bloom in late spring. They may be 
found in meadows at 3000-11000 ft. The plants are supposed to 
poison stock, and several cases of the poisoning of children who have 
eaten the seeds are also reported. 
SttveRY LUPINE LUuPINUS ARGENTEUS 
Plate 27, fig. 2 
The Silvery Lupine, so named on account of the foliage, has blue 
to purple flowers arranged in open spikes which bloom in early sum- 
mer. The plants are somewhat spreading and bush-like and grow 1-3 
ft. high on prairies and in meadows at 5000-9000 it. 
PRAIRIE CLOVER PETALOSTEMON PURPUREUS 
Plate 27, fig. 3 
The Prairie Clover bears tiny rose-pink to purple blossoms in small 
but crowded heads. An albino form is occasionally found. The stems 
grow 6 in.-3 ft. tall on plains and prairies at 4000-7000 ft. and the 
flowers bloom all summer. 
