Almost extinct,
this pinkish lupine barely persists in a few small
colonies on road shoulders and undeveloped lots in two
widely disjunct areas: around Vineland and Windermere on
the festering outskirts of Orlando in Orange County, and
around Auburndale and Winter Haven in Polk County. This
is perhaps the most endangered of the scrub endemics and
may well go extinct within a few years. It has proven
extremely dificult to grow in cultivation, usually
falling victim to fungus and root rot. Plants in the wild
seem to produce very few seeds and are susceptible to
root rot and even late frosts.
The best place to see this Endangered Species is along the
shoulder of Florida's Turnpike near its junction with
I-4. It also may still occur at Turkey Lake Park and Lake
Cain and Marsha Park, all in Orlando.
Almost extinct,
this pinkish lupine barely persists in a few small
colonies on road shoulders and undeveloped lots in two
widely disjunct areas: around Vineland and Windermere on
the festering outskirts of Orlando in Orange County, and
around Auburndale and Winter Haven in Polk County. This
is perhaps the most endangered of the scrub endemics and
may well go extinct within a few years. It has proven
extremely dificult to grow in cultivation, usually
falling victim to fungus and root rot. Plants in the wild
seem to produce very few seeds and are susceptible to
root rot and even late frosts. 
The best place to see this Endangered Species is along the
shoulder of Florida's Turnpike near its junction with
I-4. It also may still occur at Turkey Lake Park and Lake
Cain and Marsha Park, all in Orlando.
