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Tree Lupin, Lupinus arboreus Family: Fabaceae
Tree Lupin
Lupinus arboreus


Flowering time: June - September. Introduced shrub

Naturalised with a scattered, mainly coastal distribution on dry, sandy ground and roadsides.

An erect, bushy, shrub with long, terminal racemes of yellow or whitish-yellow flowers followed by flattened, downy seedpods. The palmate leaves are divided into 7-11 leaflets. Height: To 3m.


Tree Lupin, Lupinus arboreus

Tree Lupin, Lupinus arboreus
Tree Lupin, Lupinus arboreus
Shell Bay, Dorset. August 2008

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