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''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of plants in the legume family
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
. The genus includes over 199
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriat ...
, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in
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and the
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. They are widely cultivated, both as a food source and as ornamental plants, but are invasive to some areas.


Description

The species are mostly
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s tall, but some are
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s and a few are
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up to tall. An exception is the ''chamis de monte'' ('' Lupinus jaimehintoniana'') of
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in
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, which is a
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up to tall. Lupins have soft green to grey-green leaves which may be coated in silvery hairs, often densely so. The leaf blades are usually
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ly divided into five to 28 leaflets, or reduced to a single leaflet in a few species of the
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and eastern
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. The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower long. The pea-like flowers have an upper standard, or banner, two lateral wings, and two lower
petal Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corolla''. Petals are usuall ...
s fused into a keel. The flower shape has inspired common names such as bluebonnets and quaker bonnets. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds. The seeds contain
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s which lend them a bitter taste.


Taxonomy

The genus ''Lupinus'' L. and, in particular, its North American species were divided by
Sereno Watson Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut – March 9, 1892 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American botanist. Graduating from Yale in 1847 in Biology, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he j ...
(1873) into three sections: ''Lupinus'', ''Platycarpos'', and ''Lupinnelus''. Differences in habitat and in the number of
ovule In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the '' integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the ...
s were the basis for this classification. A majority of the perennial and annual species from the American continent described by Watson were referred to ''Lupinus''. Some annual species with two ovules in the ovary and two seeds in the pod (''L. densiflorus'', ''L. microcarpus'', etc.) were attributed to the ''Platycarpos'' section. Section ''Lupinnelus'' consisted of one species (''L. uncialis''), with axillary and solitary flowers, scarcely reflexed banner, and also with two ovules in the ovary. While Watson's work was predominantly based on study of North American species, the later research of Ascherson and Graebner (1907) extended his principle of classification to cover all lupins from the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, also using number of ovules (seedbuds) in the ovary (and thus of seeds in the pod) as the criterion for this division. They described two subgenera, ''Eulupinus'' and ''Platycarpos''. Most of the described species were referred to subgen. A. ''Eulupinus''. Subgen. B. ''Platycarpos'' included several annual species from the Eastern Hemisphere with two seedbuds and seeds in the bean (the same species, as the one specified by S. Watson). A current schema retains this distinction, but uses the nomenclature for the subgenera of ''Platycarpos'' and ''Lupinus''. In this schema, subgenus
Platycarpos The genus '' Lupinus'' L. and, in particular, its North-American species, were divided by Sereno Watson Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut – March 9, 1892 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American botanist. ...
(S.Wats.) Kurl. contains perennial and annual species from the Western Hemisphere, with a minimum two or more ovules or seedbuds. Subgenus ''Lupinus'' consists of 12 species from Africa and the Mediterranean, with a minimum of four ovules or seedbuds.Kurlovich, B. S. and A. K. Stankevich. (eds.
Classification of Lupins.
In: ''Lupins: Geography, Classification, Genetic Resources and Breeding''. St. Petersburg: Intan. 2002. pp. 42–43. Accessed 2 August 2013.
The taxonomy of ''Lupinus'' has always been confusing. How many distinct species exist or how they might be organized within the genus is not clear. The plants are variable and the taxa are not always distinct from one another. Some American taxa have been described as complexes rather than separate species.Naganowska, B., et al. (2005)
2C DNA variation and relationships among New World species of the genus ''Lupinus'' (Fabaceae).
''Plant Systematics and Evolution'' 256(1-4), 147-57.
Estimates of the number of lupine species generally fall between 200 and 500. One authority places the estimate at approximately 267 species worldwide. Currently, two
subgenera In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between ...
are recognized.


Subgenus ''Platycarpos''

The ovary contains two and more ovules or seedbuds. The seed are predominantly small-sized, with an underdeveloped embryo and small amount of endosperm. Cotyledons are small-sized, with long caulicles. The first pair of true leaves is alternate. The stem is predominantly naked with waxen coating. Dominating is the monopodial type of branching. Leaflets are smooth, with waxen coating or slight pubescence, predominantly narrow. Pods are flat or orbicular, with two or more seeds. Represented by frutcuilose, fruticose and herbaceous perennial forms, or less often annual ones. Plants are cross-pollinated.
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2''n'' is either 36, 48, or 96. This subgenus is distributed throughout North, Central and South America, predominantly in the mining systems of the Andes and Cordillera. Some species are cultivated (''L. mutabilis'', ''L. polyphyllus''). This subgenus includes several hundred species, requiring further analysis of their authenticity. It comprises the following species: * '' Lupinus aberrans'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus abramsii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. – Abrams' lupine * '' Lupinus acopalcus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus adinoanthus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus adsurgens'' Drew – Drew's silky lupine * '' Lupinus affinis'' J. Agardh – fleshy lupine * '' Lupinus agardhianus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus alaristatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus albert-smithianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus albescens'' Hook. & Arn. – hoary lupine * '' Lupinus albicaulis'' Douglas – sickle-keel lupine * '' Lupinus albifrons'' Benth. – silver bush lupine ** var. ''albifrons'' Benth. ** var. ''douglasii'' (J. Agardh) C. P. Sm. ** var. ''hallii'' (Abrams) Isely * '' Lupinus albopilosus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus albosericeus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus alcis-montis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus aliamandus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus aliattenuatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alibicolor'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus aliceae'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alilatissimus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alinanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alipatulus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alirevolutus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alivillosus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus allargyreius'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus alopecuroides'' Desr. * '' Lupinus alpestris'' A. Nelson * '' Lupinus altimontanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus altiplani ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus amabayensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus amandus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus amboensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ammophilus'' Greene ** var. ''ammophilus'' Greene ** var. ''crassus'' (Payson) Isely * '' Lupinus amnis-otuni'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ampaiensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus amphibius ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Suksd. * '' Lupinus ananeanus'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus anatolicus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' W. Święcicki & W. K. Święcicki * '' Lupinus andersonii'' S. Watson – Anderson's lupine * '' Lupinus andicola'' Gillies * '' Lupinus andinus'' Rose ex J. F. Macbr. * '' Lupinus angustiflorus'' Eastw. – narrowflower lupine * '' Lupinus antensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus antiplani'' C. P. Sm. * '' Lupinus antoninus'' Eastw. – Anthony Peak lupine * '' Lupinus apertus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus appositus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus arboreus'' Sims – yellow bush lupin, tree lupine * '' Lupinus arbustus'' Lindl. – longspur lupine ** subsp. ''arbustus'' Lindl. ** subsp. ''neolaxiflorus'' D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''pseudoparviflorus'' (Rydb.) D.B.Dunn * '' Lupinus arbutosocius'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus archeranus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus arcticus ''Lupinus arcticus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Arctic lupine or subalpine lupine. It is native to northwestern North America, where it occurs from Oregon north to Alaska and east to Nunavut.
'' S. Watson – Arctic lupine ** subsp. ''arcticus'' S. Watson ** subsp. ''subalpinus'' (Piper & Robinson)D.B.Dunn * '' Lupinus arenarius'' Gardner * '' Lupinus arequipensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus argenteus ''Lupinus argenteus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name silvery lupine. It is native to much of western North America from the southwestern Canadian provinces to the southwestern and midwestern United States, where it grows in seve ...
'' Pursh – silvery lupine ** var. ''argentatus'' (Rydb.) Barneby ** var. ''argenteus'' Pursh ** var. ''argophyllus'' (A. Gray) S. Watson ** var. ''depressus'' (Rydb.) C. L. Hitchc. ** var. ''fulvomaculatus'' (Payson) Barneby ** var. ''heteranthus'' (S. Watson) Barneby – Kellogg's spurred lupine ** var. ''hillii'' (Greene) Barneby ** var. ''holosericeus'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby ** var. ''montigenus'' (A. Heller) Barneby ** var. ''palmeri'' (S.Watson) Barneby ** var. ''rubricaulis'' (Greene) S. L. Welsh ** var. ''utahensis'' (S.Watson) Barneby * '' Lupinus argurocalyx'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus aridorum'' McFarlin ex Beckner – scrub lupine * '' Lupinus aridulus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus aridus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Lindl. * ''
Lupinus ariste-josephii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus arizelus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus arizonicus ''Lupinus arizonicus'', the Arizona lupine, is a flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of North America, where it can be found growing in open places and sandy washes below elevation. It is comm ...
'' (S. Watson) S. Watson ** subsp. ''arizonicus'' (S. Watson) S. Watson – Arizona lupine ** subsp. ''sonorensis'' Christian & D. Dunn – Sonora lupine * ''
Lupinus arvensi-plasketti ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus arvensis'' Benth. * '' Lupinus asa-grayanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus aschenbornii'' S. Schauer * '' Lupinus asplundianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus asymbepus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus atropurpureus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus attenuatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Gardner * '' Lupinus aureonitens'' Hook. & Arn. * '' Lupinus austrobicolor'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus austrohumifusus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus austrorientalis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus austrosericeus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ballianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus bandelierae'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus bangii'' Rusby * '' Lupinus barbatilabius'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus barkeri'' Lindl. * '' Lupinus bartlettianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus benthamii'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus bi-inclinatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus bicolor'' Lindl. – miniature lupine, bicolor lupine, Lindley's annual lupine ** subsp. ''bicolor'' Lindl. ** subsp. ''microphyllus'' (S. Watson) D. B. Dunn ** subsp. ''pipersmithii'' (A. Heller) D. B. Dunn ** subsp. ''umbellatus'' (Greene) D. B. Dunn * '' Lupinus bingenensis'' Suksd. – Bingen lupine * '' Lupinus blaisdellii'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus bogotensis'' Benth. * '' Lupinus bolivianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus bombycinocarpus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus bonplandius'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus boyacensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus brachypremnon'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus bracteolaris ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Desr. * '' Lupinus brandegeei'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus brevecuneus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus brevicaulis'' S. Watson – shortstem lupine * ''
Lupinus brevior ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' (Jeps.) Christian & D.B. Dunn * '' Lupinus breviscapus'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus breweri'' A. Gray – Brewer's lupine * '' Lupinus bryoides'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus buchtienii'' Rusby * ''
Lupinus burkartianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus burkei'' S. Watson – Burke's lupine * ''
Lupinus burkeri ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Lindl. * '' Lupinus caballoanus'' B.L. Turner * '' Lupinus cachupatensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus cacuminis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Standl. * '' Lupinus caeruleus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus caesius'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus caespitosus'' Torr. & A. Gray – stemless dwarf lupine * '' Lupinus calcensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus caldasensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus camiloanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus campestris'' Schltdl. & Cham. * '' Lupinus carazensis'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus carchiensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus cardenasianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus carhuamayus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus carlos-ochoae'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus carpapaticus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus carrikeri'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus caucensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus cavicaulis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ccorilazensis'' Vargas ex C. P. Smith * '' Lupinus celsimontanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus cervinus ''Lupinus cervinus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name Santa Lucia lupine. It is endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains in the Central Coast Ranges in California, where it is an uncommon member of the flora in the mountain forests. ...
'' Kellogg – Santa Lucia lupine * '' Lupinus cesar-vargasii'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus cesaranus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chachas'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chamissonis'' Eschsch. – Chamisso bush lupine * '' Lupinus chavanillensis'' (J.F. Macbr.) C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chipaquensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chlorolepis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chocontensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chongos-bajous'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus christinae'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus chrysanthus'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus chrysocalyx'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus chumbivilcensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus citrinus'' Kellogg – orange lupine * '' Lupinus clarkei'' Oerst. * '' Lupinus cochapatensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus colcabambensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus collinus'' (Greene) A. Heller * '' Lupinus colombiensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus compactiflorus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rose * '' Lupinus comptus'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus concinnus ''Lupinus concinnus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name Bajada lupine. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Texas, and northern Mexico, where it is known from many types of habitat. This is a hairy erec ...
'' J. Agardh ** subsp. ''concinnus'' J. Agardh ** subsp. ''orcuttii'' (S.Watson) D.B.Dunn * '' Lupinus condensiflorus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus confertus'' Kellogg * '' Lupinus congdonii'' (C.P. Sm.) D.B. Dunn * ''
Lupinus conicus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus constancei ''Lupinus constancei'' is a species of lupine known by the common name The Lassics lupine, or lassicus lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from only two occurrences in the Lassic Range in the North Coast Ranges. It is a membe ...
'' T.W. Nelson & J.P. Nelson – Lassics lupine * '' Lupinus convencionensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus cookianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus coriaceus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Benth. * '' Lupinus costaricensis'' D.B. Dunn * '' Lupinus cotopaxiensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus couthouyanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus covillei'' Greene – shaggy lupine * '' Lupinus crassulus'' Greene * '' Lupinus crassus'' Payson * '' Lupinus croceus'' Eastw. – saffron-flowered lupine * '' Lupinus crotalarioides'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus crucis-viridis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus cuatrecasasii'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus culbertsonii'' Greene ** subsp. ''culbertsonii'' Greene ** subsp. ''hypolasius'' (Greene) B.J.Cox * '' Lupinus cumulicola'' Small * ''
Lupinus cusickii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' S. Watson ** subsp. ''abortivus'' (Greene) B.J.Cox ** subsp. ''brachypodus'' (Piper) B.J.Cox ** subsp. ''cusickii'' S. Watson * '' Lupinus cuspidatus'' Rusby * ''
Lupinus cuzcensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus cymboides ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus czermakii'' Briq. & Hochr. * '' Lupinus dalesiae'' Eastw. – Quincy lupine * '' Lupinus decemplex'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus decurrens'' Gardner * '' Lupinus deflexus'' Congdon * ''
Lupinus delicatulus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Sprague & Riley * ''
Lupinus densiflorus ''Lupinus microcarpus'', the wide-bannered lupine or chick lupine, is a species of lupine native to western North America from southwestern British Columbia south through Oregon and California, including the Mojave Desert, and into Baja Cali ...
'' Benth. – dense-flowered lupin ** subsp. ''densiflorus'' Benth. ** subsp. ''lacteus'' (Kellogg) R.M.Beauch. * ''
Lupinus depressus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus diasemus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus diehlii'' M.E. Jones * '' Lupinus diffusus'' Nutt. – spreading lupine, Oak Ridge lupine, sky-blue lupine * '' Lupinus disjunctus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus diversalpicola ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus dorae'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus dotatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus duranii'' Eastw. – Mono Lake lupine * '' Lupinus dusenianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus eanophyllus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus edysomatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus egens'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus elaphoglossum'' Barneby * ''
Lupinus elatus ''Lupinus elatus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name tall silky lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Transverse Ranges above Los Angeles, and possibly also from the southernmost slopes of the Sierra Nevad ...
'' I.M. Johnst. – tall silky lupine * '' Lupinus elegans'' Kunth – elegant lupine * '' Lupinus elegantulus'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus ellsworthianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus elmeri'' Greene – Elmer's lupine * '' Lupinus eramosus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus erectifolius'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus eremonomus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus eriocalyx'' (C.P. Sm.) C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus eriocladus'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus evermannii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus espinarensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus exaltatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Zucc. * '' Lupinus excubitus'' M.E. Jones – grape soda lupine ** subsp. ''austromontanus'' (A.Heller) R.M.Beauch. ** subsp. ''excubitus'' M.E. Jones * '' Lupinus exochus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus expetendus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus extrarius'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus falsomutabilis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus falsoprostratus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus falsorevolutus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus famelicus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus fiebrigianus'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus fieldii'' J.F. Macbr. * '' Lupinus fissicalyx'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus flavoculatus'' A. Heller * ''
Lupinus foliolosus ''Lupinus foliolosus'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Po ...
'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus formosus ''Lupinus formosus'', the summer lupine or western lupine, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to California and Oregon in the United States. ''Lupinus formosus'' has been cited as a poisonous plant. Alth ...
'' Greene – summer lupine ** var. ''bridgesii'' (S.Watson) Greene ** var. ''formosus'' Greene * '' Lupinus fragrans'' A. Heller * ''
Lupinus francis-whittieri ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus fratrum'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus fulcratus'' Greene * '' Lupinus gachetensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus garfieldensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus gaudichaudianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus gayanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus gentryanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus geophilus'' Rose * ''
Lupinus gibertianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus giganteus'' Rose * '' Lupinus glabratus'' J. Agardh * '' Lupinus goodspeedii'' J.F. Macbr. * '' Lupinus gormanii'' Piper * '' Lupinus gracilentus'' Greene * '' Lupinus grayi'' S. Watson – Sierra lupine * '' Lupinus grauensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus grisebachianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus guadalupensis'' C.P. Sm. – Guadalupe Island lupine * '' Lupinus guaraniticus'' (Hassl.) C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus guascensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus guggenheimianus'' Rusby * '' Lupinus hamaticalyx'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus hartmannii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus hartwegii'' Lindl. * '' Lupinus haughtianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus hautcarazensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus havardii'' S. Watson * '' Lupinus hazenanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus hendersonii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus heptaphyllus'' (Vell.) Hassl. * '' Lupinus herreranus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus herzogii'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus hieronymii'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus hilarianus'' Benth. * '' Lupinus hillii'' Greene * ''
Lupinus hinkleyorum ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus hintoniorum'' B.L. Turner * '' Lupinus hirsutissimus'' Benth. – stinging lupine * '' Lupinus holmgrenianus'' C.P. Sm. – Holmgren's lupine * '' Lupinus honoratus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus horizontalis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus hornemanni'' J. Agardh * '' Lupinus hortonianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus hortorum'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus howard-scottii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus howardii'' M.E. Jones * '' Lupinus huachucanus'' M.E. Jones * ''
Lupinus huancayoensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus huariacus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus huaronensis'' J.F. Macbr. * ''
Lupinus huigrensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rose ex C. P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus humifusus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Sessé & Moc. ex G. Don * '' Lupinus hyacinthinus'' C.F. Baker – San Jacinto lupine * '' Lupinus hybridus'' Lem. * '' Lupinus ignobilis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus imminutus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus indigoticus'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus inflatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus insignis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus insulae'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus interruptus'' Benth. * '' Lupinus intortus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus inusitatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus involutus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus inyoensis'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus isabelianus'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus jahnii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rose ex Pittier * '' Lupinus jaimehintoniana'' B.L. Turner * ''
Lupinus james-westii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus jean-julesii'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus jelskianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus johannis-howellii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus jonesii'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus jujuyensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus juninensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus kalenbornorum'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus kellermanianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus kerrii'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus killipianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus kingii ''Lupinus kingii'' (King's lupine) is a species of Lupinus, family Fabaceae, which can be found in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah. Both the leaves and the pods are hairy with the later being long. In Utah, it is found only at Bryce ...
'' S. Watson * ''
Lupinus klamathensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus kunthii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' J. Agardh * ''
Lupinus kuschei ''Lupinus kuschei'', the Yukon lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Fabales which can be found in Alaska and Western Canada. Description The plant's stems are high while the leaves carry 5 to 9 leaflets with petioles bein ...
'' Eastw. – Yukon lupine * ''
Lupinus lacus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus laetus'' Wooton & Standl. * ''
Lupinus laevigatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Benth. * '' Lupinus lagunae-negrae'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lanatocarpus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lanatus'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus lapidicola ''Lupinus lapidicola'' is a rare species of lupine known by the common name Mt. Eddy lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from only a few locations in the northernmost mountain ranges, including Mount Eddy in the Klamath Mount ...
'' A. Heller – Mt. Eddy lupine * ''
Lupinus latifolius ''Lupinus latifolius'' is a species of lupine known by the common name broadleaf lupine. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California to New Mexico, where it is common and can be found in several types of habit ...
'' J. Agardh ** subsp. ''dudleyi'' (C.P.Sm.) P.Kenney & D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''latifolius'' J. Agardh *** var. ''latifolius'' J. Agardh – broadleaf lupine *** var. '' barbatus'' – Klamath lupine, bearded lupine ** subsp. ''leucanthus'' (Rydb.)P.Kenney & D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''longipes'' (Greene) P.Kenney & D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''parishii'' (C.P.Sm.) P.Kenney & D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''viridifolius'' (A.Heller) P.Kenney & D.B.Dunn * '' Lupinus laudandrus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lechlerianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ledigianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lelandsmithii'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus lemmonii'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lepidus'' Lindl. – prairie lupine ** var. ''aridus'' (Douglas) Jeps. ** var. ''confertus'' (Kellogg) C. P. Sm. ** var. ''lepidus'' Lindl. ** var. ''lobbii'' (A. Gray ex S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. ** var. ''sellulus'' (Kellogg) Barneby ** var. ''utahensis'' (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. * ''
Lupinus leptocarpus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus leptophyllus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Cham. & Schltdl. * '' Lupinus lespedezoides'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus leucophyllus'' Lindl. – woolly-leaf lupine * '' Lupinus lilacinus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus lindenianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus lindleyanus'' J. Agardh * '' Lupinus linearis'' Desr. * ''
Lupinus littoralis ''Lupinus littoralis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name seashore lupine. It is native to the coastline of western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in sandy habitat. It is a low perennial ...
'' Lindl. – seashore lupine * '' Lupinus lobbianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus longifolius'' (S. Watson) Abrams – longleaf bush lupine * '' Lupinus lorenzensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ludovicianus'' Greene – San Luis Obispo County Lupine * '' Lupinus luetzelburgianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus luteolus'' Kellogg – butter lupine, pale yellow lupine * '' Lupinus lutescens'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus lutosus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus lyallii'' A. Gray ** subsp. ''alcis-temporis'' (C.P. Sm.) B.J.Cox ** subsp. ''lyallii'' A. Gray – Lyall's lupine ** subsp. ''minutifolius'' (Eastw.) B.J.Cox ** subsp. ''washoensis'' (A.Heller) B.J.Cox * '' Lupinus macbrideanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus macranthus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rose * '' Lupinus maculatus'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus madrensis'' Seem. * '' Lupinus magdalenensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus magnificus'' M.E. Jones * '' Lupinus magniflorus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus magnistipulatus'' Planchuelo & D.B. Dunn * '' Lupinus malacophyllus'' Greene * '' Lupinus malacotrichus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus maleopinatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus mandonanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus mantaroensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus marinensis'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus mariposanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus martensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus martinetianus'' (C.P. Sm.) C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus mathewsianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus matucanicus'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus meionanthus'' A. Gray * '' Lupinus melaphyllus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus menziesii'' J. Agardh * ''
Lupinus meridanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus metensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus mexicanus'' Lag. * '' Lupinus michelianus'' C. P. Sm. * '' Lupinus microcarpus'' Sims ** var. ''densiflorus'' ** var. ''microcarpus'' – wide-bannered lupin, chick lupin * ''
Lupinus microphyllus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Desr. * '' Lupinus minimus'' Hook. * ''
Lupinus mirabilis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus misticola ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus mollendoensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus mollis'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus monensis'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus monserratensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus montanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Kunth ** subsp. ''glabrior'' (S.Watson) D.B.Dunn & Harmon ** subsp. ''montanus'' Kunth ** subsp. ''montesii'' (C.P.Sm.) D.B.Dunn & Harmon * '' Lupinus monticola'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus montigenus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus moritzianus'' Kunth * '' Lupinus mucronulatus'' Howell * ''
Lupinus muelleri ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Standl. * '' Lupinus multiflorus'' Desr. * '' Lupinus munzianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus munzii'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus mutabilis ''Lupinus mutabilis'' is a species of lupin grown in the Andes, mainly for its edible bean. Vernacular names include tarwi (in Quechua II, pronounced ''tarhui''), chocho, altramuz, Andean lupin, South American lupin, Peruvian field lupin, and pe ...
'' Sweet – Andean lupin, pearl lupin, South American lupin, ''tarwi'', ''tarhui'', ''chocho'' * ''
Lupinus nanus ''Lupinus nanus'', the sky lupine, field lupine, dwarf lupin, ocean-blue lupine or Douglas' annual lupine, is a species of lupine native to the western United States. It is found natively in California, Nevada, and on Steens Mountain in easter ...
'' Benth. – dwarf lupin, field lupin, sky lupin, Douglas' annual lupin * '' Lupinus navicularius'' A. Heller * ''
Lupinus nehmadae ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus neocotus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus neomexicanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Greene * '' Lupinus nepubescens'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus nevadensis'' A. Heller – Nevada lupine * '' Lupinus niederleinianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus nipomensis'' Eastw. – Nipomo Mesa lupine * '' Lupinus niveus'' S. Watson * '' Lupinus nonoensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus nootkatensis ''Lupinus nootkatensis'', the Nootka lupine, is a perennial plant of the genus ''Lupinus'' in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America. The Nootka lupine grows up to 60 cm tall. Late in the 18th century it was first introd ...
'' Sims – Nootka lupin * ''
Lupinus notabilis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus nubigenus'' Kunth * '' Lupinus nubilorum'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus obscurus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus obtusilobus'' A. Heller – bluntlobe lupine * '' Lupinus ochoanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ochroleucus'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus odoratus ''Lupinus odoratus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name Mojave lupine. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent western Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils in open habitat. It is an ann ...
'' A. Heller – royal Mojave lupin * ''
Lupinus onustus ''Lupinus onustus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name Plumas lupine. It is native to the high mountains of northern California, from the northern Sierra Nevada to the Klamath Mountains where its distribution extends just into Orego ...
'' S. Watson – Plumas lupine * ''
Lupinus opertospicus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus oquendoanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus oreganus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' A. Heller – Oregon lupin * ''
Lupinus oreophilus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Phil. * '' Lupinus ornatus'' Lindl. * '' Lupinus oscar-haughtii'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus ostiofluminis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus otto-buchtienii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus otto-kuntzeanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus otuzcoensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ovalifolius'' Benth. * '' Lupinus pachanoanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus pachitensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pachylobus'' Greene * '' Lupinus padre-crowleyi'' C.P. Sm. – DeDecker's lupine, Father Crowley's lupine * '' Lupinus pallidus'' Brandegee * ''
Lupinus paniculatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Desr. * ''
Lupinus paraguariensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Chodat & Hassl. * '' Lupinus paranensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus paruroensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus parviflorus'' Hook. & Arn. – lodgepole lupin ** subsp. ''myrianthus'' (Greene) Harmon ** subsp. ''parviflorus'' Hook. & Arn. * ''
Lupinus parvifolius ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Gardner * '' Lupinus pasachoensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus pasadenensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus patulus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus paucartambensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus paucovillosus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus paynei'' Davidson * ''
Lupinus pearceanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pendentiflorus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus peirsonii'' H. Mason – Peirson's lupine, long lupine * '' Lupinus penlandianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus perblandus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus perbonus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus perennis'' L. – wild perennial lupine, sundial lupine, Indian beet, old maid's bonnets ** subsp. ''gracilis'' (Nutt.) D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''occidentalis'' S. Watson ** subsp. ''perennis'' L. * '' Lupinus perglaber'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus perissophytus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus persistens'' Rose * '' Lupinus peruvianus'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus philippianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus physodes'' Douglas * '' Lupinus pickeringii'' A. Gray * ''
Lupinus pilosellus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus pilosissimus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' M. Martens & Galeotti * '' Lupinus pinguis'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus pipersmithianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' J.F. Macbr. * ''
Lupinus pisacensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus piurensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus platamodes'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus plattensis'' S. Watson * '' Lupinus platyptenus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus polycarpus'' Greene – smallflower lupin * ''
Lupinus polyphyllus ''Lupinus polyphyllus'', the large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine, blue-pod lupine, or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin, is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British ...
'' Lindl. – largeleaf lupine, bigleaf lupine, garden lupin, many-leaved lupine ** var. ''burkei'' (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. ** var. ''humicola'' (A.Nelson) Barneby ** var. ''pallidipes'' (A. Heller) C. P. Sm. ** var. ''polyphyllus'' Lindl. ** var. ''prunophilus'' (M. E. Jones) L. Ll. Phillips * '' Lupinus poopoensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus popayanensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus potosinus'' Rose * '' Lupinus praealtus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus praestabilis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus praetermissus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pratensis'' A.Heller – Inyo Meadow lupine * '' Lupinus pringlei'' Rose * ''
Lupinus proculaustrinus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus prostratus'' J. Agardh * '' Lupinus protrusus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus prouvensalanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus prunophilus'' M.E. Jones – hairy bigleaf lupin * '' Lupinus pseudopolyphyllus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pseudotsugoides'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pubescens'' Benth. * '' Lupinus pucapucensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pulloviridus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pulvinaris'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus punto-reyesensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus puracensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus purdieanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus pureriae ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus purosericeus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus pusillus'' Pursh – rusty lupine or dwarf lupine ** subsp. ''intermontanus'' (A.Heller) D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''pusillus'' Pursh * '' Lupinus puyupatensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus pycnostachys ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occu ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus quellomayus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus quitensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus radiatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ramosissimus'' Benth. * '' Lupinus reflexus'' Rose * '' Lupinus regalis'' Bergmans * '' Lupinus regnellianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus reineckianus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus reitzii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Burkart ex M. Pinheiro & Miotto * '' Lupinus retrorsus'' L.F. Hend. * '' Lupinus revolutus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus richardianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus rimae'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus rivularis ''Lupinus rivularis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name riverbank lupine native to North America. It is also commonly known as river lupine, streambank lupine, and stream lupine.Darris, D.; Young-Mathews, A. Plant Fact Sheet for Ri ...
'' Lindl. – riverbank lupin * '' Lupinus romasanus'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus roseolus'' Rydb. * '' Lupinus roseorum'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus rotundiflorus'' M.E. Jones * '' Lupinus rowleeanus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus ruber ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus rubriflorus'' Planchuelo * '' Lupinus ruizensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus rupestris'' Kunth * '' Lupinus rusbyanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus russellianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus sabinianus'' Lindl. * '' Lupinus sabinii'' Hook. * '' Lupinus sabulosus'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus salticola'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus sandiensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus santanderensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus sarmentosus'' Desr. * ''
Lupinus saxatilis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occu ...
'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus saxosus'' Howell – rock lupine * '' Lupinus schwackeanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus seifrizianus'' (C.P. Sm.) C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus sellowianus'' Harms * '' Lupinus sellulus'' Kellogg ** var. ''lobbii'' (S.Watson) B.J.Cox ** var. ''sellulus'' Kellogg ** var. ''ursinus'' (Eastw.) B.J.Cox * ''
Lupinus semiprostratus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus semperflorens ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Benth. * '' Lupinus sericatus'' Kellogg – Cobb Mountain lupine * '' Lupinus sericeus'' Pursh – Pursh's silky lupin ** var. ''barbiger'' (S.Watson) S.L.Welsh ** var. ''sericeus'' Pursh * '' Lupinus setifolius'' Planchuelo & D.B. Dunn * '' Lupinus shastensis'' Lupinus albicaulis * ''
Lupinus shockleyi ''Lupinus shockleyi'' is a species of lupine known by the common name purple desert lupine. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, where it grows in open desert habitat. It is an annual herb growing up to 30 centimeters tall. Each palma ...
'' S. Watson – purple desert lupine * '' Lupinus sierrae-blancae'' Wooton & Standl. ** subsp. ''aquilinus'' (Wooton & Standl.) L.S.Fleak & D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''sierrae-blancae'' Wooton & Standl. * '' Lupinus simonsianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus simulans'' Rose * ''
Lupinus sinaloensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus sitgreavesii ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' S. Watson * '' Lupinus smithianus'' Kunth * '' Lupinus solanagrorum'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus sonomensis'' A. Heller * ''
Lupinus soratensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Rusby * '' Lupinus soukupianus'' C. P. Smith ex J. F. Macbr. * ''
Lupinus sparsiflorus ''Lupinus sparsiflorus'' (Coulter's lupine) is a species of lupin native to North America. In the United States it occurs in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and in Mexico it is found in Baja California and Sonora. Other common names incl ...
'' Benth. – desert lupin, Coulter's lupin, Mojave lupin * ''
Lupinus spectabilis ''Lupinus spectabilis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name shaggyhair lupine. It is endemic to a section of the central Sierra Nevada foothills in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, where it is a member of the serpentine soils flora. ...
'' Hoover – shaggyhair lupine * '' Lupinus splendens'' Rose * ''
Lupinus spragueanus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus staffordiae ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus stipulatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' J. Agardh * ''
Lupinus stiversii ''Lupinus stiversii'' is a species of lupine known by the common names harlequin annual lupine and harlequin lupine. The plant was named for Army physician Dr. Charles Austin Stivers, who first collected it in 1862 near Yosemite. Distribution ' ...
'' Kellogg – harlequin annual lupine * ''
Lupinus storkianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus subacaulis'' Griseb. * '' Lupinus subcarnosus'' Hook. – buffalo clover * '' Lupinus subcuneatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus subhamatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus subinflatus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus sublanatus'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus submontanus'' Rose * '' Lupinus subsessilis'' Benth. * ''
Lupinus subtomentosus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus subvexus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus succulentus ''Lupinus succulentus'' is a species of lupine known by the common names hollowleaf annual lupine, arroyo lupine, and succulent lupine. It is native to California, where it is common throughout much of the state, and adjacent sections of Arizo ...
'' K. Koch – succulent lupin, arroyo lupin, hollowleaf annual lupin * '' Lupinus sufferrugineus'' Rusby * '' Lupinus suksdorfii'' Robinson * '' Lupinus sulphureus'' Douglas ** subsp. ''kincaidii'' (Suksd.) L. Ll. Phillips – Kincaid's lupin ** subsp. ''subsaccatus'' (Suksd.) L. Ll. Phillips ** subsp. ''sulphureus'' Douglas – sulphur lupin, sulphur-flowered lupin * '' Lupinus surcoensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus syriggedes'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tacitus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tafiensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus talahuensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus tamayoanus ''Lupinus tamayoanus'' is a plant of the genus ''Lupinus'' in the legume family. ''Lupinus tamayoanus'' was described in 1942 from samples collected in Mérida, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tarapacensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tarijensis'' Ulbr. * '' Lupinus tarmaensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tatei'' Rusby * ''
Lupinus taurimortuus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tauris'' Benth. * '' Lupinus tayacajensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tegeticulatus'' Eastw. * ''
Lupinus tetracercophorus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus texanus'' Hook. * ''
Lupinus texensis ''Lupinus texensis'', the Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine is a species of lupine found in Texas, and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. With other related species of lupines also called bluebonnets, it is the state ...
'' Hook. – Texas bluebonnet * ''
Lupinus thompsonianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tidestromii'' Greene – Tidestrøm's lupin ** var. ''layneae'' (Eastw.) Munz ** var. ''tidestromii'' Greene * '' Lupinus tolimensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus tomentosus'' DC. * '' Lupinus tominensis'' Wedd. * ''
Lupinus toratensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. – ''warwanzo'', ''lito'' * '' Lupinus tracyi'' Eastw. – Tracy's lupine * '' Lupinus triananus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus truncatus'' Hook. & Arn. – collared annual lupine * '' Lupinus tucumanensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ulbrichianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus uleanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ultramontanus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus umidicola'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus uncialis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occu ...
'' S. Watson * ''
Lupinus uncinatus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Schltdl. * '' Lupinus urcoensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus urubambensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus valerioi'' Standl. * '' Lupinus vallicola'' A. Heller – open lupin ** subsp. ''apricus'' (Greene) D.B.Dunn ** subsp. ''vallicola'' A. Heller * '' Lupinus vargasianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus varicaulis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus variicolor ''Lupinus variicolor'' (varied lupine, manycolored lupine, Lindley's varied lupine or varicolored lupine) is a shrub in the lupine (lupin) genus ''Lupinus''. ''Lupinus variicolor'' is endemic to California where it occurs mostly along the northe ...
'' Steud. – varied lupin * ''
Lupinus velillensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus velutinus'' Benth. * '' Lupinus venezuelensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ventosus'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus verbasciformis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Sandwith * '' Lupinus verjonensis'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus vernicius'' Rose * ''
Lupinus viduus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus vilcabambensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus villosus ''Lupinus villosus'', commonly known as lady lupine, pink sandhill lupine, or hairy lupine, is a flowering plant species in the genus ''Lupinus''. Description The species has pink flowers and a deep taproot that makes it difficult to grow comme ...
'' Willd. * ''
Lupinus visoensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' J.F. Macbr. * ''
Lupinus volubilis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus weberbaueri'' Ulbr. * ''
Lupinus werdermannianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus westianus'' Small ** var. ''aridorum'' (McFarlin ex Beckner) Isely ** var. ''westianus'' Small * '' Lupinus whiltoniae'' Eastw. * '' Lupinus wilkesianus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus williamlobbii'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus williamsianus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus xanthophyllus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus xenophytus'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus yanahuancensis'' C.P. Sm. * ''
Lupinus yarushensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' C.P. Sm. * '' Lupinus ynesiae'' C.P. Sm.


Subgenus ''Lupinus''

In its current circumscription, subgenus ''Lupinus'' includes 12 species from the Mediterranean region and Africa with at least four ovules or seedbuds in the ovary: * '' Lupinus albus'' L. 1753 – white lupine ** subsp. ''albus'' L. ** subsp. ''graecus'' (Boiss. & Spruner) Franco & P.Silva ** subsp. ''termis'' (Forsk.) Ponert. * '' Lupinus angustifolius'' L. 1753 – blue lupin, narrow-leafed lupin ** var. ''angustifolius'' L. ** var. ''albopunctatus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''griseomaculatus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''chalybens'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''corylinus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''purpureus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''rubidus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''atabekovae'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''sparsiusculus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''brunneus '' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''albosyringeus'' Taran. ** var. ''albidus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''candidus'' Kuptzov. et Kurl. * '' Lupinus atlanticus'' Gladstones 1974 * '' Lupinus cosentinii'' Guss. 1828 – sandplain lupin * '' Lupinus digitatus'' Forsk. 1775 * '' Lupinus hispanicus'' Boiss. & Reut. 1842 ** subsp. ''bicolor'' (Merino) Gladst. ** subsp. ''hispanicus'' Boiss. & Reut. * ''
Lupinus luteus ''Lupinus luteus'' is known as annual yellow-lupin, European yellow lupin or yellow lupin. It is native to the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe. Distribution It occurs on mild sandy and volcanic soils in mining belts. As a wild plant, it ...
'' L. 1753 – yellow lupin ** var. ''luteus'' L. ** var. ''maculosus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''kazimierskii'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''arcellus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''sempolovskii'' (Atab) Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''melanospermus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''niger'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''cremeus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''leucospermus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''sulphureus'' (Atab.) Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''stepanovae'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''ochroleucus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''aurantiacus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''croceus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''aureus'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. ''albicans'' Kurl. et Stankev. ** var. '' sinskayae'' Kurl. et Stankev. * ''
Lupinus micranthus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Guss. 1828 * '' Lupinus palaestinus'' Boiss. 1849 – white-grey lupine * ''
Lupinus pilosus ''Lupinus pilosus'', commonly known as blue lupine, ( he, תורמוס ההרים, ar, ترمس برّي) is a species of flowering plant from the family Fabaceae which is endemic to Israel where it is found in Mediterranean scrubland. It has a ...
'' Murr. 1774 – blue lupine * '' Lupinus princei'' Harms 1901 * ''
Lupinus somaliensis ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
'' Baker f. 1895


Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following binomials is unresolved: * ''Lupinus acaulis'' Larrañaga * ''Lupinus achilleaphilus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus acutilobus'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus aegr-Aovium'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus africanus'' Lour. * ''Lupinus agninus'' Gand. * ''Lupinus agropyrophilus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus alaimandus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus albicaulis'' Douglas ex Hook. * ''Lupinus alicanescens'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus aliclementinus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus aliumbellatus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus altissimus'' Sessé & Moc. * ''Lupinus alturasensis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus alveorum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus amabilis'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus amniculi-cervi'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus amniculi-salicis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus amniculi-vulpum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus andersonianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus anemophilus'' Greene * ''Lupinus angustifolius'' Blanco * ''Lupinus aphronorus'' Blank. * ''Lupinus apodotropis'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus aralloius'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus arborescens'' Amabekova & Maisuran * ''Lupinus arceuthinus'' Greene * ''Lupinus argyraeus'' DC. * ''Lupinus atacamicus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus aureus'' J.Agardh * ''Lupinus axillaris'' Blank. * ''Lupinus barkeriae'' Knowles & Westc. * ''Lupinus bartolomei'' M.E.Jones * ''Lupinus bassett-maguirei'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus beaneanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus biddleii'' L.F.Hend. * ''Lupinus bimaculatus'' Hook. ex D.Don * ''Lupinus bimaculatus'' Desr. * ''Lupinus bivonii'' C.Presl * ''Lupinus blankinshipii'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus blaschkeanus'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. * ''Lupinus brevior'' (Jeps.) J.A. Christian & D.B. Dunn * ''Lupinus brittonii'' Abrams * ''Lupinus caespitosus'' Nutt. * ''Lupinus californicus'' K.Koch * ''Lupinus campbelliae'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus campestris'' Cham. & Schltdl. * ''Lupinus campestris-florum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus candicans'' Rydb. * ''Lupinus canus'' Hemsl. * ''Lupinus capitatus'' Greene * ''Lupinus capitis-amniculi'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus carolus-bucarii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus chachas'' Ochoa ex C. P. Smith * ''Lupinus chamissonis'' Eschscholtz * ''Lupinus chiapensis'' Rose * ''Lupinus chihuahuensis'' S.Watson * ''Lupinus christianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus chrysomelas'' Casar. * ''Lupinus clementinus'' Greene * ''Lupinus comatus'' Rydb. * ''Lupinus consentinii'' Walp. * ''Lupinus cymb-Aegressus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus dasyphyllus'' Greene * ''Lupinus davisianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus debilis'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus decaschistus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus diaboli-septem'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus dichrous'' Greene * ''Lupinus dispersus'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus dissimulans'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus durangensis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus eatonanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus equi-coeli'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus equi-collis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus erectus'' L.F.Hend. * ''Lupinus erminens'' S.Watson * ''Lupinus ermineus'' S.Watson * ''Lupinus falcifer'' Nutt. * ''Lupinus falsoerectus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus falsoformosus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus falsograyi'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus fieldii'' Rose ex J. F. Macbr. * ''Lupinus filicaulis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus finitus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus flavescens'' Rydb. * ''Lupinus foliosus'' Hook. * ''Lupinus foliosus'' Nutt. * ''Lupinus forskahlei'' Boiss. * ''Lupinus franciscanus'' Greene * ''Lupinus fraxinetorum'' Greene * ''Lupinus fruticosus'' Steud. * ''Lupinus fruticosus'' Dum.Cours. * ''Lupinus garcianus'' Bennett & Dunn * ''Lupinus geophilus'' Rose * ''Lupinus geraniophilus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus glabellus'' M.Martens & Galeotti * ''Lupinus graciliflorus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus gratus'' Greene * ''Lupinus gredensis'' Gand. * ''Lupinus guadalupensis'' Greene * ''Lupinus guadiloupensis'' Steud. * ''Lupinus guatimalensis'' auct. * ''Lupinus gussoneanus'' J.Agardh * ''Lupinus habrocomus'' Greene * ''Lupinus haudcytisoides'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus helleri'' Greene * ''Lupinus hexaedrus'' E. Fourn. * ''Lupinus hintonii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus huigrensis'' Rose ex C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus humicolus'' A.Nelson * ''Lupinus humifusus'' Benth. * ''Lupinus humilis'' Rose ex Pittier * ''Lupinus hyacinthinus'' Greene * ''Lupinus idoneus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus inamoenus'' Greene ex C.F.Baker * ''Lupinus indutus'' Greene ex C.F.Baker * ''Lupinus insignis'' Glaz. ex C. P. Smith * ''Lupinus integrifolius'' L. * ''Lupinus intergrifolius'' Desr. * ''Lupinus ione-grisetae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus ione-walkerae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus jamesonianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus javanicus'' Burm.f. * ''Lupinus jorgensenanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus jucundus'' Greene * ''Lupinus kellerrnanianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus kyleanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus labiatus'' Nutt. * ''Lupinus lacticolor'' Tamayo * ''Lupinus lacus-huntingtonii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus lacuum-trinitatum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus larsonanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus lassenensis'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus latissimus'' Greene * ''Lupinus laxifolius'' A.Gray * ''Lupinus leptostachyus'' Greene * ''Lupinus lesueurii'' Standl. * ''Lupinus linearifolius'' Larrañaga * ''Lupinus lingulae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus longilabrum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus lorentzianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus louise-bucariae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus louise-grisetae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus lucidus'' Benth. ex Loudon * ''Lupinus lyman-bensonii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus lysichitophilus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus macrocarpus'' Hook. & Arn. * ''Lupinus macrocarpus'' Torr. * ''Lupinus macrophyllus'' Benth. * ''Lupinus macrorhizos'' Georgi * ''Lupinus magnistipulatus'' Planchuelo & Dunn * ''Lupinus maissurianii'' Atabek. & Polukhina * ''Lupinus marcusianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus mariae-josephae'' H.Pascual * ''Lupinus markleanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus marschallianus'' Sweet * ''Lupinus mearnsii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus meli-campestris'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus meridanus'' Moritz ex C. P. Smith * ''Lupinus mexiae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus micensis'' M.E.Jones * ''Lupinus micheneri'' Greene * ''Lupinus milleri'' J.Agardh * ''Lupinus minearanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus minutissimus'' Tamayo * ''Lupinus molle'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus mollissifolius'' Davidson * ''Lupinus monettianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus muellerianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus multicincinnis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus neglectus'' Rose * ''Lupinus nemoralis'' Greene * ''Lupinus niger'' Wehmer * ''Lupinus noldekae'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus nutcanus'' Spreng. * ''Lupinus nutkatensis'' J.G.Cooper * ''Lupinus obtunsus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus octablomus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus opsianthus'' Amabekova & Maisuran * ''Lupinus pavonum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus pendeltonii'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus pendletonii'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus perconfertus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus perplexus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus philistaeus'' Boiss. * ''Lupinus pinus-contortae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus piperi'' B.L.Rob. ex Piper * ''Lupinus piperitus'' Davidson * ''Lupinus platanophilus'' M.E.Jones * ''Lupinus plebeius'' Greene ex C.F.Baker * ''Lupinus prato-lacuum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus prolifer'' Desr. * ''Lupinus propinquus'' Greene * ''Lupinus proteanus'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus psoraleoides'' Pollard * ''Lupinus pumviridis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus puroviridis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus purpurascens'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus pygmaeus'' Tamayo * ''Lupinus quercus-jugi'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus quercuum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus rainierensis'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus regius'' Rudolph ex Torr. & A.Gray * ''Lupinus rhodanthus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus rickeri'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus rivetianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus rydbergii'' Blank. * ''Lupinus sabuli'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus salicisocius'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus salinensis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus sativus'' Gaterau * ''Lupinus scaposus'' Rydb. * ''Lupinus scheuberae'' Rydb. * ''Lupinus schickendantzii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus schiedeanus'' Steud. * ''Lupinus schumannii'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus seclusus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus semiaequus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus semiverticillatus'' Desr. * ''Lupinus sergenti'' Tamayo ex Pittier * ''Lupinus sergentii'' Tamayo * ''Lupinus serradentum'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus shrevei'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus sierrae-zentae'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus sileri'' S.Watson * ''Lupinus sinus-meyersii'' C.P. Sm. * ''Lupinus sparhawkianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus spatulata'' Larrañaga * ''Lupinus speciosus'' Voss * ''Lupinus spruceanus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus standleyensis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus stationis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus stiveri'' Kellogg * ''Lupinus stoloniferus'' L. * ''Lupinus strigulosus'' Gand. * ''Lupinus subhirsutus'' Davidson * ''Lupinus subvolutus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus suksdorfii'' B.L. Rob. ex Piper * ''Lupinus summersianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus sylvaticus'' Hemsl. * ''Lupinus thermis'' Gasp. * ''Lupinus thermus'' St.-Lag. * ''Lupinus tilcaricus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus timotensis'' Tamayo * ''Lupinus tricolor'' Greene * ''Lupinus tricolor'' G.Nicholson * ''Lupinus trifidus'' Torr. ex S.Watson * ''Lupinus tristis'' Sweet * ''Lupinus trochophyllus'' Hoffmanns. * ''Lupinus tuckeranus'' C.P. Sm. * ''Lupinus vaginans'' Benth. * ''Lupinus valdepallidus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus vandykeae'' Eastw. * ''Lupinus variegatus'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus variegatus'' Poir. * ''Lupinus varneranus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus vavilovii'' Atabekova & Maissurjan * ''Lupinus venustus'' Bailly * ''Lupinus violaceus'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus viridicalyx'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus volcanicus'' Greene * ''Lupinus watsonii'' A.Heller * ''Lupinus westiana'' Small * ''Lupinus wolfianus'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus yanlyensis'' C.P.Sm. * ''Lupinus yaruahensis'' C.P.Sm.


Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described: * ''Lupinus'' ×''alpestris'' (A. Nelson) D.B. Dunn & J.M. Gillett * ''Lupinus'' ×''hispanicoluteus'' W.Święcicki & W.K.Święcicki * ''Lupinus'' ×''hybridus'' Lem. * ''Lupinus'' ×''insignis'' Lem. * ''Lupinus'' ×''regalis'' (auct.) Bergmans—rainbow lupin (''Lupinus arboreus'' × ''Lupinus polyphyllus'') * ''Lupinus'' ×''versicolor'' Caball.


Etymology

While some sources believe the origin of the name to be in doubt, the Collins Dictionary definition asserts that the word is 14th century in origin, from the Latin ''lupīnus'' "wolfish" from ''lupus'' "wolf" as it was believed that the plant ravenously exhausted the soil.


Ecology

Certain species, such as the
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(''L. arboreus''), are considered invasive
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s when they appear outside their native ranges. In
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, lupines are viewed as invasive and a severe threat in some cases. '' L. polyphyllus'' has escaped into the wild and grows in large numbers along main roads and streams on the
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. A similar spread of the species has occurred in
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after the non-native species was first deliberately planted in the
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along the main roads. Lupins have been planted in some parts of Australia with a considerably cooler climate, particularly in rural Victoria and
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. Lupins are important
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l food plants for many
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ns (butterflies and moths). These include: * '' Aricia icarioides missionensis'' (Mission blue butterfly), larvae limited to ''Lupinus'' * ''
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'' (frosted elfin), recorded on ''L. perennis'' * ''
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'' (Persius duskywing) *
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'' Glaucopsyche xerces'' (Xerces blue) * ''
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'' (silvery blue) * '' Plebejus melissa samuelis'' (Karner blue) * '' Erynnis persius persius'' (eastern Persius duskywing) * '' Schinia sueta'', larvae limited to ''Lupinus''


Cultivation

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Lupinus polyphyllus ''Lupinus polyphyllus'', the large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine, blue-pod lupine, or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin, is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British ...
'', the garden lupin, and '' Lupinus arboreus'', the tree lupin, are popular
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s in gardens, and are the source of numerous hybrids and
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s in a wide range of colours, including bicolors. As legumes, lupins are good companion plants in gardens, increasing the soil nitrogen for vegetables and other plants. As well as growing in the ground, lupins can do well in pots on balconies or patios. File:Lupinus Polyphyllus Hybrid 4.png, Russell hybrid lupin ''
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Texas Bluebonnet ''Lupinus texensis'', the Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine is a species of lupine found in Texas, and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. With other related species of lupines also called bluebonnets, it is the state ...
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Agriculture

In the early 20th century, German scientists attempted to cultivate a sweet variety of lupin lacking the bitter taste, making it more suitable for both human and animal consumption. Many annual species of lupins are used in agriculture and most of them have Mediterranean origin. While originally cultivated as a green manure or forage, lupins are increasingly grown for their seeds, which can be used as an alternative to
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) lupins are highly regarded as a stock feed, particularly for ruminants, but also for pigs and poultry and more recently as an ingredient in aqua-feeds. The market for lupin seeds for human food is currently small, but researchers believe it has great potential. Lupin seeds are considered "superior" to soybeans in certain applications and evidence is increasing for their potential health benefits. They contain similar
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and high in
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s, and
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, and they are considered to be prebiotic. About 85% of the world's lupin seeds are grown in
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Three Mediterranean species of lupin, blue (narrow-leafed) lupin, white lupin, and yellow lupin, are widely cultivated for livestock and poultry feed. Like other legumes, they can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into
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via a
rhizobium ''Rhizobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. ''Rhizobium'' species form an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of (primarily) legumes and other flowering plants. The bacteria colonize plant cells ...
root nodule Root nodules are found on the roots of plants, primarily legumes, that form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Under nitrogen-limiting conditions, capable plants form a symbiotic relationship with a host-specific strain of bacteria known a ...
symbiosis, fertilizing the soil for other plants. This adaptation allows lupins to be tolerant of infertile soils and capable of pioneering change in barren and poor-quality soils. The genus ''Lupinus'' is nodulated by ''
Bradyrhizobium ''Bradyrhizobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria, many of which fix nitrogen. Nitrogen fixation is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Plants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen (N2); they must use nitrogen compounds such as nitrate ...
'' soil bacteria.


Toxicity

Some lupins contain certain secondary compounds, including isoflavones and toxic alkaloids, such as lupinine and
sparteine Sparteine is a class 1a antiarrhythmic agent; a sodium channel blocker. It is an alkaloid and can be extracted from scotch broom. It is the predominant alkaloid in '' Lupinus mutabilis'', and is thought to chelate the bivalent cations calcium and ...
. With early detection, these can be removed through processing, although lupins containing these elements are not usually selected for food-grade products. A risk of lupin allergy exists in patients allergic to
peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small an ...
s. Most lupin reactions reported have been in people with
peanut allergy Peanut allergy is a type of food allergy to peanuts. It is different from tree nut allergies, because peanuts are legumes and not true nuts. Physical symptoms of allergic reaction can include itchiness, hives, swelling, eczema, sneezing, ast ...
. Because of the cross-allergenicity of peanut and lupin, the
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, as of 2006, has required that food labels indicate the presence of "lupin and products thereof" in food. Lupin plants can be colonized by the fungus ''
Diaporthe toxica ''Diaporthe toxica'' (anamorph ''Phomopsis'' sp. formerly ''P. leptostromiformis var. leptostromiformis)'' is a lupin endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen. The fungus produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicosis of animals such ...
'' which can cause a mycotoxicosis known as lupinosis when ingested by grazing animals.


Uses

The
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seeds of lupins, commonly called lupin beans, were popular with the Romans, who cultivated the plants throughout the
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where the lupin is still known in extant
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by names such as . Seeds of various species of lupins have been used as a food for over 3,000 years around the Mediterranean and for as long as 6,000 years in the
Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
. Lupins were also used by many Native American peoples of North America such as the Yavapai. The Andean lupin or (''
Lupinus mutabilis ''Lupinus mutabilis'' is a species of lupin grown in the Andes, mainly for its edible bean. Vernacular names include tarwi (in Quechua II, pronounced ''tarhui''), chocho, altramuz, Andean lupin, South American lupin, Peruvian field lupin, and pe ...
'') was a widespread food in the
Incan Empire The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, ( Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts",  "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The adm ...
; but they have never been accorded the same status as soybeans, dry peas and other pulse crops. The pearl lupin of the Andean highlands of South America, ''L. mutabilis'', known locally as or , was extensively cultivated, but no conscious genetic improvement other than to select for larger and water-permeable seeds seems to have been made. Users soaked the seed in running water to remove most of the bitter alkaloids and then cooked or toasted the seeds to make them edible, or else boiled and dried them to make , reported as a pre-Columbian practice in . Spanish domination led to a change in the eating habits of the indigenous peoples, and only recently (late 20th century onward) has interest in using lupins as a food been renewed. Lupins can be used to make a variety of foods both sweet and savoury, including everyday meals, traditional fermented foods, baked foods, and sauces. The European white lupin ('' L. albus'') beans are commonly sold in a salty solution in jars (like
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s and pickles) and can be eaten with or without the skin. ''Lupini'' dishes are most commonly found in Europe, especially in
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,
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,
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, and
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. They are also common in
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and
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. In Egypt, the lupin is known in Arabic as , and is a popular street snack after being treated with several soakings of water, and then brined. In Portugal, Spain, and the
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district of
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, they are consumed with
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and wine. In
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,
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,
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, Syria, and Palestinian territories, Palestine the salty and chilled lupini beans are called Turmus and are served as part of an apéritif and digestif, apéritif or a snack. Other species, such as ''L. albus'' (white lupin), ''Lupinus angustifolius, L. angustifolius'' (narrow-leafed lupin), and ''Lupinus hirsutus, L. hirsutus'' (blue lupin) also have edible seeds.


Culture

Consumed throughout the Mediterranean region and the Andes, Andean mountains, lupins were eaten by the early Egyptian and pre-Incan people and were known to Roman agriculturalists for their ability to improve the Soil fertility, fertility of soils. In the late 18th century, lupins were introduced into northern Europe as a means of improving soil quality, and by the 1860s, the garden yellow lupin was seen across the sandy soils of the Baltic coastal plain. The successful development of lupin varieties with the necessary "sweet gene" paved the way for the greater adoption of lupins across Europe and later Australia. Further work carried out by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food during the 1950s and '60s led to more sweet lupin crops produced in Western Australia now than anywhere else in the world. Bluebonnet (plant), Bluebonnets, including the lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet (''L. texensis''), are the list of U.S. state flowers, state flowers of
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.


See also

* Alice Eastwood


Notes


References


Further reading

* Eastwood, R. J., et al. 2008. Diversity and evolutionary history of lupins—insights from new phylogenies. pp. 346–54, In: Palta, J. A. and J. B. Burger. (Eds.) Lupins for Health & Wealth. Proceedings 12th International Lupin Conference, Fremantle, Australia; International Lupin Association, Canterbury, New Zealand. * Putnam, D. H., et al
Lupine.
Alternative Field Crops Manual. University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin Extension. 1997. * Zhukovsky, P.M. 1929. A contribution to the knowledge of genus ''Lupinus'' Tourn. Bull. Apll. Bot. Gen. Pl.-Breed., Leningrad-Moscow, XXI, I:16-294. * Kurlovich, B.S. 1989. On the centers of species formation of the genus ''Lupinus'' L. (in Russian). Bull.N.I. Vavilov Inst. of plant Industry. Leningrad, 193:20-24. * Kurlovich, B.S., Rep’ev, S.I., Shchelko, L.G., Budanova, V.I., Petrova, M.V., Buravtseva, T.V., Stankevich, A.K., Kartuzova, L.T., Alexandrova, T.G., Teplyakova and T.E., Malysh, L.K. 1995. Theoretical basis of plant breeding. Vol.111. The gene bank and breeding of grain legumes (lupine, vetch, soya, and bean), St.Petersburg, VIR, 438p. * Kurlovich, B.S.(Ed.). 2002
Lupins
Geography, Classification, Genetic Resources and Breeding. "Intan", 468p.


External links

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Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. University of Melbourne.

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