Golden Banner
Thermopsis montana
Family:
Pea (Fabaceae)
AKA:
Golden Pea, Mountain Goldenbanner, False
Lupine
Photo taken on:
June 3, 2006
Location:
Almont Triangle, CO
Life Zones:
Foothills to subalpine
Habitat:
Sandy, gravelly meadows
Grows to 3ft tall in colonies with long clusters of
flowers and leaves divided into three leaflets. It looks like
a yellow lupine.
Seed pods grow erect, parallel with the stem.
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