This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Old Maid's Bonnets: Wild Pea: Sun Dial. Lupinus perennis.
Pulse Family. May - June.
An erect, branching, leafy plant, found in dry, sandy places. New England to Minnesota, southward to the Gulf of Mexico.
Violet-blue, blossoms pea-like in long clusters.
Compound, 7 - 11 long, narrow leaflets radiating from a common center.
Wild Lupine.
 
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