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.
Sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis) is also known as wild lupine and is a member of the pea family. The plant develops leaves that are divided into leaflets like those of a palm tree and produces 1- to 2-foot tall flower stems with purple, blue, pink or white flowers growing in long clusters at the tips in May and June.