Lupinus covillei
Introduction '''''Lupinus covillei''''' is a species of lupine known by the common name '''shaggy lupine'''.
Description ''Lupinus covillei'' is an erect perennial herb growing up to  tall. The shaggy-haired palmate leaves are made up of several leaflets each up to  long. The herbage is coated in long, shaggy hairs. The inflorescence is a raceme of many flowers, sometimes arranged in whorls. Each flower is about a centimeter long and blue in color with a yellowish spot on the banner. The fruit is a woolly legume pod up to  long.
Distribution ''Lupinus covillei'' is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in moist habitat such as wet depressions in meadows. In the same state it is also abundant in Sequoia, Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks.
References
External links * Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Lupinus covillei''* ''Lupinus covillei'' Photo gallery