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Researched and Written By: August
Here is a photograph from our meadow garden
Lupinus oreganus
Lupinus oreganus
Description:
The flowers of the Kincaid’s Lupine are first blue when they bloom, and then further in their lives they turn purple. The stems have a lot of hairs that are microscopic. The stems average 4 mm wide. I believe that the normal length of Kincaid’s Lupine is between 40-80 cm, (and rarely 100cm). The normal habitats you can find it in are the prairie grasslands, oak savanna, and woodland edges.
Interesting Facts:
The name “lupine” is named after “Lupus”, the Latin word for wolf! The Kincaid’s Lupine’s parts, especially the ripe seeds, are potentially toxic if you eat them.This plant is very important to the Fender’s Blue Butterfly, and that butterfly is an endangered species. This plant is threatened too, and if it goes extinct, the Fender’s Blue butterfly could also go extinct because it relies on the Kincaid’s Lupin.
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This is a scientific drawing by August
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