Day 254: Arctic Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) is one of the most common Lupines in Mount Rainier National Park. The upper petals of the pea-like blossom are marked with a splotch of white (occasionally yellow) which darkens with age. In this specimen found growing at Longmire, the white is obvious. Lupines are among the earliest wildflowers to emerge in the Park, a foretaste of that ephemeral, short season when the meadows are a patchwork of color. "Sumer is icumen in! Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed and bloweth med"...and bright, the Lupine blue!
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