By Russel Barsh, Director of Kwiaht An uncommon wildflower with an unusual island story Extensively disturbed and weedy, ...

Each spring, tall, lush spires of brightly colored lupine blooms appear and last through the summer, feeding wildlife and endearing passersby across North America. Whether they’re annual species ...

A clump-forming perennial, 60-80cm high, with palmate leaves of up to 11 leaflets. Whorls of pea-like flowers, usually violet-blue but rarely pink or white, are borne on densely hairy, upright stems ...

Fruits and vegetables: Swiss chard, turnips, snow peas (plant from seed). Perennials: lupine (Lupinus) (plant from seed). Trees, shrubs, vines: sago palm (Cycas), Ceanothus maritimus ‘Valley Violet', ...

Photo in Almaden Quicksilver County Park, San Jose, by Eugene Zelenko via Wikimedia Commons. Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor) This small annual appears in very large numbers in the wild, often near ...