Family: Fabaceae
Scientific Name: Lupinus lueteus
Common Name: Yellow Lupine, Yellow Lupine, European Yellow Lipine
Description | An annual Lupine with yellow flowers. |
Pronunciation | (loo-PI-nus)(LOO-tee-us) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
Sunlight | full |
Soil & Site | well drained |
Flowers | yellow flowers, whorled around the scape, a raceme |
Leaves | compound leaves, 7-11 leaflets |
Dimensions | 2-3 feet tall |
Propagation | seed, seed in situ, scarify and soak seeds |
Native Site | Mediterranean Basin |
Misc Facts | The plant's yellow seeds, known as lupin beans, were once a common food of the Mediterranean basin and Latin America |
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