[Lupines: The Genus Lupinus in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine

Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

Arctic lupine as seen on the northwest-facing slopes of Middle Tiffany Mountain, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.......July 28, 2018.

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

Arctic lupine blooming on a gravel bar in the South Fork Conrad Creek upstream from an old pack trail (that heads north to the North Fork Conrad Creek and Devils Horn) crossing, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 23, 2016. There are spreading, gland-tipped hairs in the inflorescence..

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

What appears to be subalpine lupine blooming at left along the South Fork Tieton River Trail #1120 about half a mile uphill west of Surprise Lake, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 21, 2016. The photo at right shows subalpine lupine in bloom along the Bear Creek Mountain Trail #1130, Goat Rocks Wilderness.......July 31, 2019.

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

Arctic lupine blooming at left along the shoreline of the South Fork Tieton River upstream of Conrad Creek, just outside the Goat Rocks Wilderness...........June 28, 2013. The photo at right shows subalpine lupine in bloom along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 in upper Cispus Basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness......August 19, 2020.

>Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Inflorescence and upper stem leaf of >Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

Arctic lupine blooming along the Boundary Trail #1 between the Johnstone Ridge Observatory and Harry's Ridge, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........July 2, 2014.

Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola) - Arctic Lupine, Broadleaf Lupine, Cascade Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus (Synonyms: Lupinus arcticus var. subalpinus, Lupinus glacialis, Lupinus subalpinus, Lupinus volcanicus, Lupinus volcanicus var. rupestricola)

Subalpine lupine observed at left in moist meadows above the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area, Mount Hood, OR......July 4, 2021. The photo at right shows subalpine lupine blooming along the Scott Mountain Trail on the northeastern slopes of Scot Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness......July 18, 2023.

Paul Slichter