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I saw this plant on the ground near Sentinal Dome at Yosemite. Can someone please tell me what it is? I'd like to try growing it. enter image description here

Jeff of Brooklyn
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It appears to be a Brewer's Lupine (Lupinus Breweri), see the description here. Clearly a lupin flower, but curious in that it forms a low, prostrate spreading mat of foliage, and silvery-looking due to the hairy surface of the leaves.

Colin Beckingham
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  • Not sure it is a Lupinus. Here (Europe) we have many similar looking Fabaceae on alpine level. (whiteish leaves, and prostrate: common mountain traits). In any case I will not guess about genus and species of US mountain species. – Giacomo Catenazzi Aug 19 '19 at 07:54