Bjorn Forsberg / Lupins {Lupinus nootkatensis} in flower by birch tree trunk, Sweden, summer, Scandinavia

Robin Chittenden / Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) Iceland, June

Robin Chittenden / Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) Iceland June

Eric Baccega / Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) a favorite bear plant, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

LYNN M. STONE / Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootaktensis) McNeil River Game Sanctuary, Alaska, USA, July

Inaki Relanzon / Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) flowering beside stream, Iceland. July

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

Inaki Relanzon / Field of flowering Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) near the Hvita river, central Iceland. July 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Field of flowering Nootka lupin (Lupinus nootkatensis) near the Hvita river, central Iceland. July 2008

Niall Benvie / Wild Lupin {Lupinus nootkatensis} Lauvas, Latvia, Europe