Seashore Lupine

''Lupinus littoralis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name seashore lupine. It is native to the coastline of western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in sandy habitat. It is a low perennial herb or subshrub growing in a clump or mat no more than 30 centimetres tall. Each palmate leaf is divided into 5 to 9 leaflets up to 3.5 centimetres long. The herbage is coated in long, shaggy whitish or silvery hairs. The inflorescence is raceme of whorled.. more