lupines
Tall pea flowers
Lupines are flowering plants with tall spikes of colorful blossoms and distinctive palmate leaves that fan out like fingers.
They grow wild in meadows and along roadsides, particularly in western North America, and are popular in gardens for their showy purple, pink, blue, or yellow flowers.
Some species are cultivated as forage crops or to fix nitrogen in soil.
Tapering architectural towers
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
- whorledSpiral-patterned in form
- palmateHaving radiating lobes
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
raceme · tower · vertical · stately · colorful · purple · blue · pink
Grassy field for grazing
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- petalsColored bloom segments
- nectarFloral sugar water
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
pollinators · bees · butterflies · prairie · hillside · field · roadside · alpine
Plant's reproductive casing
alkaloids · bitter · cultivation · harvest · flour · snack · Mediterranean · Andean
Bred plant variety
- perennialRecurring each year
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- borderOuter edge or limit
- cottage gardenInformal ornamental planting style
cut flower · planting · germination · propagation · seeds · nursery · landscaping · display
Small rounded protuberances
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- soil fertilityEarth's crop-growing potential
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
cover crop · green manure · soil amendment · reclamation · poor soil · sandy soil · restoration · companion planting
spires
Tapering architectural towers
leaves · raceme · tower · vertical · stately · colorful · purple · blue · pink · white
meadow
Grassy field for grazing
pollination · pollinators · bees · butterflies · prairie · hillside · field · roadside · alpine · subalpine
seedpod
Plant's reproductive casing
seeds · alkaloids · bitter · cultivation · harvest · flour · snack · Mediterranean · Andean · food crop
cultivar
Bred plant variety
- perennialRecurring each year
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- borderOuter edge or limit
cottage garden · cut flower · planting · germination · propagation · seeds · nursery · landscaping · display · beds
nodules
Small rounded protuberances
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- soil fertilityEarth's crop-growing potential
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
bacteria · cover crop · green manure · soil amendment · reclamation · poor soil · sandy soil · restoration · companion planting · sustainable
- flowersroses, flower, tulips, daisies, lilies
- perennialsaster, asters, hostas, bleeding heart, bleeding hearts
- wildflowersblack-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susans, daisy, buttercup, bluebonnets
- alpine meadowswildflower fields, wildflower bloom, grasses, buttercups, columbines
- IcelandReykjavik, volcano, volcanoes, geyser, geysers
- native plantssagebrush, dogwood, wildflowers, milkweed, juniper
lupinesroses
Thorny flowering shrubs
daisies · dahlias · zinnias · sunflowers · marigolds
lupinesparasitic plants
Flora drawing from hosts
corn · dodder · invasive species · tomatoes · brassicas