Scientific Name
Thermopsis villosa

Common Name
Bush pea; False lupine; Thermopsis

Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 3 to 5 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 inch yellow flowers in crowded, long and narrow erect clusters; flattened seed pods
Flowering Season: Spring, summer
Foliage: Leaves are divided into three elliptic to top-shaped leaflets; large leafy stipules at the base of the leafstalk; woolly-hairy plant; much-branched
Site: Rich, well-drained soil; sun; found in dry open woods and along roadsides
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