Ernie Janes / Lupins (Lupinus sp.) growing in herbaceous border, Norfolk garden, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Lupins (Lupinus sp.) growing in herbaceous border, Norfolk garden, UK, June.

Theo Bosboom / Lupins (Lupinus) in flower, at Jokulsarlon estuary, Iceland, June

Jack Dykinga / Flowering lupines amid charred, felled trees near KP Cienega, Wallow forest fire aftermath, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA August 2011

Matthias Breiter / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) with lupines, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Rob Tilley / Mt. Rainier from Mazama Ridge with Lupines (Lupinus latifolius) covered in frost in the foreground, dawn, Mt. Rainier NP, Washington, USA, August 2010

Oriol Alamany / Nootka lupines (Lupinus nootkatensis) in flower near a wooden house, Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

Oriol Alamany / Nootka lupines (Lupinus nootkatensis) in flower, Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

Oriol Alamany / Fishing boat and crab traps with Nootka Lupines (Lupinus nootkatensis) flowering, Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

Jack Dykinga / A large group of Broad-leaf Lupines (Lupinus latifolious) on a foggy hillside with Oregon White Oaks (Quercus garryana) in distance, Bald Hills, Redwood National Park, California

Jack Dykinga / A large group of Broad-leaf Lupines (Lupinus latifolious) on a foggy hillside with Oregon White Oaks (Quercus garryana) in distance, Bald Hills, Redwood National Park, California

Jack Dykinga / A large group of Broad-leaf Lupines (Lupinus latifolious) on a foggy hillside with Oregon White Oaks (Quercus garryana) in the distance, Bald Hills, Redwood National Park, California