LUPINE ON NH SEACOAST
lupine
Many people have asked me what that purple flower is that you see in fields and while on the highway so this is what it is. Lupine.
Lupines are attractive plants bearing Pea like flowers in whorls upon long, graceful spikes. There are annual and perennial species. The annual varieties are mainly derived from the following species: Lupinus luteus, the European Yellow Lupine, in which the flowers are yellow, and the stems hairy; L. hirsutus, the European Blue Lupine, a blue-flowered sort, very hairy; L. hartwegi, a two-colored species with blue and red, or blue and white flowers, and many other species differing in color and height. The Lupines bloom during the Summer, and grow 2 to 3 feet tall. The leaves are seven- to nine-parted, and are a handsome feature of the plants, the perennials have more than nine leaflets.
So there you have!
posted by Corazoncitos @ 7/20/2005 04:29:00 AM
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