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lupines
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lupines

Lupinus

Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine (North America), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes over 200 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Seeds of various species of lupins have been used as a food for over 3000 years around the Mediterranean and for as long as 6000 years in the Andean highland, but they...

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bush Lupine complex

complexLupinus albifrons

Large-leaved lupine

speciesLupinus polyphyllus

Texas bluebonnet

speciesLupinus texensis

Miniature Lupine

speciesLupinus bicolor

arroyo lupine

speciesLupinus succulentus

Sundial Lupine

speciesLupinus perennis

Broadleaf Lupine

speciesLupinus latifolius

Sky Lupine

speciesLupinus nanus

chick lupine

speciesLupinus microcarpus

Dwarf Lupine

speciesLupinus lepidus

Coulter's lupine

speciesLupinus sparsiflorus

Arizona lupine

speciesLupinus arizonicus

Silky Lupine

speciesLupinus sericeus

Narrow-leaved Lupine

speciesLupinus angustifolius

Stinging Lupine

speciesLupinus hirsutissimus

Nootka Lupine

speciesLupinus nootkatensis

Arctic Lupine

speciesLupinus arcticus

bajada lupine

speciesLupinus concinnus

collared annual lupine

speciesLupinus truncatus

unifoliolate Floridian lupine clade

complexLupinus cumulicola

Scabrispermae

sectionScabrispermae

Varied Lupine

speciesLupinus variicolor

Seashore Lupine

speciesLupinus littoralis

Longspur Lupine

speciesLupinus arbustus

Riverbank Lupine

speciesLupinus rivularis

Summer Lupine

speciesLupinus formosus

European yellow lupine

speciesLupinus luteus

Lupinus montanus

speciesLupinus montanus

Harlequin Lupine

speciesLupinus stiversii

Lupinus pubescens

speciesLupinus pubescens

Brewer's Lupine

speciesLupinus breweri

Lupinus altimontanus

speciesLupinus altimontanus

Lady Lupine

speciesLupinus villosus

Sandyland Bluebonnet

speciesLupinus subcarnosus

Spider Lupine

speciesLupinus benthamii

Purple Desert Lupine

speciesLupinus shockleyi

Skyblue Lupine

speciesLupinus diffusus

Burke's Lupine

speciesLupinus burkei

Rusty lupine

speciesLupinus pusillus

Russell Lupine

hybridLupinus × regalis

Sierra Lupine

speciesLupinus grayi

Velvet Lupine

speciesLupinus leucophyllus

Satin lupine

speciesLupinus obtusilobus

Small-flowered Lupine

speciesLupinus gussoneanus

San Jacinto Lupine

speciesLupinus hyacinthinus

Hispanian lupine

speciesLupinus hispanicus

Big Bend Bluebonnet

speciesLupinus havardii

Gulf Coast Lupine

speciesLupinus westianus

Sicklekeel Lupine

speciesLupinus albicaulis

shortstem lupine

speciesLupinus brevicaulis

sulphur lupine

speciesLupinus sulphureus

Kellogg's Spurred Lupine

speciesLupinus caudatus

tarwi

speciesLupinus mutabilis

Narrowflower Lupine

speciesLupinus angustiflorus

white lupine

speciesLupinus albus

Yelloweyes

speciesLupinus flavoculatus

Mojave lupine

speciesLupinus odoratus

Lupinus gredensis

speciesLupinus gredensis

Saffron-flowered Lupine

speciesLupinus croceus

rock lupine

speciesLupinus saxosus

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