Lupinus arcticus (Arctic lupine)

Leaves: Palmlike leaves are bright green and smooth on top, and hairy below. The 5-9 individual leaflets in each cluster are 1–3″ (2.5–7.6 cm) long, and up to ¼″ (6.3 mm) wide, usually with rounded tips.

Flowers: Flowers grow on a spike 6–12″ (15–30 cm) long and 1–2″ (2.5–5 cm) around. They are a rich dark blue or violet, or, sometimes, white.

Fruits: Fruits look a lot like pea pods (they are related), right down to the “peas” inside. But don’t eat them: they’re poisonous.

Habitats: Sedge and moss fields, alpine regions, on tundra and in moist and wet substrates.

Edibility: Poisonous. Skull & Crossbones

Seeds are poisonous in significant quantities. Respiratory depression and bradycardia (slowed heartbeat) are among the symptoms.

7/20/2004 · Ninilchik, Alaska · By Constance B. Kent ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Fabales	Legumes (pea and bean families)
Family	Fabaceae	Legume family (peas and beans)
Genus	Lupinus	“Wolf,” because of the mistaken belief that lupines ravage land they grow on; in fact, they contribute nutrients
Species	arcticus	“From the arctic”

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