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Lupinus polyphyllus (marsh lupine; bigleaf lupine; Meadow Lupine; Large-leaved Lupine; Russell Lupin; Blue Pod; Garden Lupin)

Synonyms: Lupinus subsericeus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Lupinus polyphyllus (large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin) is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia east to Quebec, and western Wyoming, and south to Utah and California. It commonly grows along streams and creeks, preferring moist habitats. There are five varieties:
View Wikipedia Record: Lupinus polyphyllus

Infraspecies

Lupinus polyphyllus bernardinus
Lupinus polyphyllus polyphyllus (Attributes)
Lupinus polyphyllus superbus
Lupinus polyphyllus var. grandifolius
Lupinus polyphyllus var. pallidipes
Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Lupinus polyphyllus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The seed of many lupin species contain bitter-tasting toxic alkaloids, though there are often sweet varieties within that species that are completely wholesome; Taste is a very clear indicator. These toxic alkaloids can be leeched out of the seed by soaking it overnight and discarding the soak water. It may also be necessary to change the water once during cooking. Fungal toxins also readily invade the crushed seed and can cause chronic illness;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [4]  Herb
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist
View Plants For A Future Record : Lupinus polyphyllus

Protected Areas

Predators

Chromatomyia horticola[5]
Diaporthe leptostromiformis[6]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus (palos verdes blue butterfly)[6]
Thrips obscuratus (New Zealand flower thrips)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pleiochaeta setosa[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0