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