WorldFloraDB - Lupinus luteus

Characteristics

Herbaceous annual; stem hirsute, becoming erect, branched at base. Leaflets (5)-9-11, villous above, sericeous below, obovate-oblong, acute, 30-60 × (5)-8-15 mm; stipules subulate to linear-obovate, 8-30 mm long. Infl. 5-25 cm long, many-flowered; peduncle 5-12 cm long. Fls regularly verticillate in distant whorls; pedicels c. 2 cm long. Calyx densely hairy; upper lip very deeply 2-partite; lower lip longer and shallowly 3-toothed, with 2 smaller lobes often present between it and upper lip. Corolla bright golden yellow, sweetly scented, 13-16 mm long. Pod densely villous, 4-6-seeded, 40-60 mm long; seeds orbicular-quadrangular, compressed, smooth, mottled black or brown on white (pure white in some cvs), 6-8 mm diam.

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A medium sized annual herb. It is hairy. The leaflets are oblong and have a few hairs. The flowers are bright yellow. They are 13-16 mm across. They are in rings along the stalk. The pods are 40-50 mm long. They are densely hairy. They are black when ripe.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

epizoochory

Mature width (meter)

0.38 - 0.63

Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.9

Root diameter (meter)

0.8

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light acid soils. Degraded scrub lands, abandoned fields, road sides, on neutral or decarbonated and acidic soils, and sandy loam soils; at elevations up to 1,100 metres..

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It is a Mediterranean climate plant. They grow in light acid and sandy soils.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: Many kinds contain toxic elements. Low alkaloid strains must be chosen. The oil is edible after refining. The roasted seeds have been used as a coffee substitute. The seeds are ground into flour. They are also pickled.

Uses	animal food coffee substitute environmental use fodder food forage gene source green manure medicinal oil poison
Edible	leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Poison (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Apnea (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified)
Human toxicity	toxic (seed), toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity	toxic (seed), toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	15 - 45
Germination temperacture (C°)	14 - 17
Germination luminosity	dark
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	18 - 24
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-