Another flower from the field trip to Ebey's Bluff on Whidbey Island - the diminutive bicoloured lupine, a native of western North America. In British Columbia and Washington, only the type species can be found (Lupinus bicolor subsp. bicolor), while Oregon, Arizona and (in particular) California have a few different subspecies (see the USDA PLANTS Database for Lupinus bicolor for names and distribution maps of the subspecies.
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