About Lupinus breweri A.Gray
Lupinus breweri A.Gray is a relatively short lupine. It is a hairy, mat-forming perennial herb that sometimes develops a somewhat shrubby appearance, with a woody base. Leaves spread out from the stem. Each palmate leaf consists of 5 to 10 woolly leaflets, each growing up to 2 centimeters (0.79 inches) long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers that is a few centimeters tall; each individual flower measures 4 to 11 millimeters (0.16 to 0.43 inches) long. Flowers are blue or purple, with a white or yellowish spot on the banner petal. The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod that is 1 to 2 millimeters (0.039 to 0.079 inches) long.
