Loved Plant Heaven! I did not know Lupine grew in your area! I had only seen it in the mountains in Colorado! I always learn something from your essays!
Yes, the one that's native here is short, maybe a foot tall. It used to grow all around the Great Lakes but its range has significantly decreased. There are a few protected places where it grows in Ohio South of Toledo. I bet the one in Colorado is the big leaf lupine (like in your painting!), which is where that one is supposed to occur, on the West half of the continent 🪻
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Loved Plant Heaven! I did not know Lupine grew in your area! I had only seen it in the mountains in Colorado! I always learn something from your essays!
Yes, the one that's native here is short, maybe a foot tall. It used to grow all around the Great Lakes but its range has significantly decreased. There are a few protected places where it grows in Ohio South of Toledo. I bet the one in Colorado is the big leaf lupine (like in your painting!), which is where that one is supposed to occur, on the West half of the continent 🪻