Lupinus bicolor
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The miniature lupine is not as common as the arroyo lupin. There is a large clump of them on Mountain Dr just before the Coyote canyon bridge, aside from that there are 4 plants within 10 feet of each other on Rattlesnake trail just above the meadow and below the connector to Tunnel Trail. (There are also arroyo lupine on Rattlesnake and Mountain Dr; it is the most common lupine in our area).
The miniature lupine is distinguished from the arroyo lupine by having smaller leaves and flower spikes, more sparse flowers on the spikes and 6-7 leaves in the rosette. It has no obvious hairs.
The miniature lupine looks almost exactly like the sky lupine, the only difference I note being that the miniature lupine is hairless, while the sky lupin has hairs on the leaves.
