Broad-leaf Lupine is a common low elevation to subalpine species. There are two varieties, separated by elevation and characteristics of the plants. This is a pink-flowered form of latifolius, the larger of the two (up to two feet). It grows to about 5,000 feet.

This is variety subalpinus, showing the more typical blue to blue-violet flower. It is a shorter plant with smaller leaflets and dense, spreading hairs.

Large patches of variety subalpinus bloom near Tipsoo Lake from mid to late summer.

Often found in meadow habitats, here variety subalpinus grows with heather near a subalpine forest.

Here variety latifolius is found at lower elevation at the dry edges of Longmire Meadow. The leaflets are wide, with 7 or 8 in a whorl.