365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Arctic Lupine, Lupinus Latifolius
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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