Species

Lupinus luteus

Common Name(s)

yellow lupin

Family

Fabaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LUPLUT

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.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Similar Taxa

Annual herb, pedicels 1-4 mm long; flowers regularly verticulate; upper lip of calyx deeply 2-partite; corolla golden yellow.

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1904

Origin

W, Mediterranean, N Africa.

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010