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Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus S. Watson

22 photos.
This multi-stemmed species, with flower spikes having blue and white or blue and purple blossoms and
palmate leaves is known as the "Arctic lupine".  The species favors roadsides and other barren ground.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 25918


1.  Mid-June.  A group of roadside plants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.  Late May.  Sprouting plant.




3.  Mid-June.  Numerous inflorescences aka
flower spikes.



4.  Late May.  Section of a single spike.




5.  Early June.  A single blossom.




6.  Early June.  A group of plants
at high elevation.



7.  Early June.  Possibly a single multi-stemmed
plant.



8.  Mid-June.  A palmate leaf.



9.  Early July.  Plants with seed pods.



10.  Mid-June.  Seeded spike.



11.  A single pod (loment) from the spike
in photo 10.


12.  Late August.  Leaf in fall color.



13.  June 7, 2009.  A pair of rare
white-blossomed plants.


14.  June 7, 2009.  A closer view of the
inflorescence of one of the plants in
photo 13.


15.  June 7, 2009.  Close-up of the
inflorescence of one of the plants in
photo 13.

16.  May 20, 2009.  Young sprouting plants.

17.  June 13, 2009.  An entire plant with no blossoms.


18. June 9, 2011.  High-angle close-up
of a flower spike.

 


19. June 13, 2011.  Profile view of a
spike which had only 3 blossoms.



20.  June 9, 2010.  Another color variation.



21.  June 9, 2012. Still another color variation.



22.  August 6, 2014.  Basal leaves after a
Rain

Lupinus arcticus
23. June 5, 2016.  A nearly white
lupine.  The blue color is much more
obvious to the camera than the eye.

Photos 1 and 3 taken on Central
side of Eagle Summit.
65°  30.08' N,   145°  22.84' W
Elev. 3700 ft

Photos 2, 5, 9 and 17 taken along Upper
Bottom Dollar road.
65°  25.5' N,   144°  49.4' W
Elev. 2000 ft.

Photo 4 taken near 5 mile
Circle Hot Springs Road.
65°  31.17' N,   144°  43.01' W
Elev. 900 ft.

Photo 6 taken going down from
Eagle Summit toward Fairbanks.
65°  28.19' N,   145°  25.81' W
Elev. 3450 ft.

Photo 7 taken near 133.6 mile Steese
Highway
65° 35.81' N, 144° 37.00' W
Elev. 950 ft.

 

Photos 8, 10-11and 16 taken on the Ketchem Rocks.
A series of granite tors located
six miles south of Central, Alaska.
65°  29.1' N,  144° 45.2' W
Elev. 1300 ft.

Photos 12 amd 19 taken near upper
Half Dollar Creek.
65° 25.51' N, 144° 46.60' W
Elev. 2000 ft.

Photos 13-15 taken along the Steese
highway near mile 140.
Latitude: N 65° 38' 10.539
Longitude: W 144° 26' 33.265
Altitude: 224.65 m.

Photos 20 and 21 taken 1.5 miles
southwest of Portage summit
Latitude: N 65° 24' 3"
Longitude: W 144° 45' 21.0"
Altitude: 931 m.
and
Latitude: N 65° 24' 39.6"
Longitude: W 144° 45' 37.9"
Altitude: 977 m.

Photo 22 taken south of Central
65°  33.84' N,  144° 48.46' W
Elev. 950 ft.

Photo 23 taken near 8 mile Circle
Hot Springs Road.