Menopause, or the cessation of menstrual periods, generally occurs in the 40s and 50s and marks the cessation of fertility, although age-related infertility can occur before then.
Silky lupine grows in northern areas from Washington and Oregon east to South Dakota. Tailcup lupine is found in Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming. Velvet lupine is found in an intermountain region from Oregon to Wyoming. Silvery lupine occurs from North Dakota and Idaho south to Arizona and New Mexico.
From California to Texas, the hills light up with scores of lupine species. Here are some of the best known: Arroyo Lupine, Lupinus succulentus, is an annual that creates sheets of blue along with the gold of California Poppies all long the Pacific Coast.