Alaskan Lupine in Denali Park
by Penny Lisowski
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Alaskan Lupine in Denali Park
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Penny Lisowski
Medium
Photograph - Color Photographs
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-Loving VAN GOGH- 11/08/2013
-Stop time with art- 09/29/2013
Found these beautiful Lupines along the trail to the campground. Catching them still in between breezes was a challenge. The light was perfect. It was late n the day but with almost 24 hours of day it never really got dark. Arctic Lupine is one of Alaskas most beautiful plants. The plant is hairy looking and if you look closely you can see a spider. The Lupine is also one of Alaskas poisonous plants if eaten. Lupines have a number of large, stout, flower stalks, that look hairy in bud. The flowers are typically blue, but can be sometimes shadowed with pink or white. They bloom in June to late July and can grow to about 16 inches tall. Lupines are pollinated by bees, which are attracted to the lovely colorful flowers. The basal leaves have long stems and 5 to 10 pointy, oval, leaflets that make them look like tiny palm trees.
These flowers can be found at high elevations on dry slopes, gravelly or sandy tundra, roadsides, and meadows and fields.
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August 5th, 2013
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