Lupinus luteus
Common names
yellow lupin
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Yellow
Similar taxa
Annual herb, pedicels 1-4 mm long; flowers regularly verticulate; upper lip of calyx deeply 2-partite; corolla golden yellow.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Fabaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1904
Origin
W, Mediterranean, N Africa.
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
LUPLUT