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Lupinus luteus
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legume grown mainly in Europe as a green manure and for its grain
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Chile Central
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 606
- With media
- 422
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- DAV, NCSC, YPM, KIRI, MEL, IND
- Recorded in
- United States, Algeria, Australia, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Israel
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- taxon common name
- 黄羽扇豆
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- L. luteus
- taxon author citation
- L.
- taxon range
- Fujian
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Encyclopedic overview
Pods and seeds - MHNT
Lupinus luteus is known as annual yellow-lupin, European yellow lupin or yellow lupin. It is native to the western Mediterranean region from Portugal east to Italy. It is an annual plant growing to around 80 cm tall with hairy stems. The leaves are palmately compound, with 7–11 leaflets, the leaflets 6 cm long by 12 mm broad. The flower are bright yellow, 13–16 mm long, borne on spikes are not continuous, but in regularly spaced verticillasters on the stem.
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