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Lupinus arcticus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Arctic lupine or subalpine lupine. It is native to northwestern North America, where it occurs from Oregon north to Alaska and east to Nunavut. [1] It is a common wildflower in British Columbia. [2]
In December, 2009, a Turkish newspaper reported a claim that a 4,000-year-old lentil had been successfully germinated. [10]In 1954, arctic lupine seeds belonging to the species Lupinus arcticus were found in the Yukon Territory in glacial sediments, believed to be at least 10,000 years old.
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3–1.5 metres (1–5 feet) tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m (10 ft) tall. An exception is the chamis de monte (Lupinus jaimehintonianus) of Oaxaca in Mexico, which is a tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall.
The following species in the flowering plant genus Lupinus, the lupins or lupines, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] Although the genus originated in the Old World, about 500 of these species are native to the New World, probably due to multiple adaptive radiation events.
Lupinus prunophilus is a herbaceous perennial plant that start the growing season with many leaves on short stalks growing from the base of the plant (basal leaves) and retain these leaves as the much taller flowering stem grows and start to bloom. [2]
Lupin are the yellow legume seeds of the genus Lupinus. They are traditionally eaten as a pickled snack food, primarily in the Mediterranean basin , Latin America (L. mutabilis) and North Africa (L. angustifolius). The most ancient evidence of lupin is from ancient Egypt, dating back to the 22nd century BC. [3]
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Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine; On March 7, 1901, Lupinus subcarnosus became the only species of bluebonnet recognized as the state flower of Texas; [2] however, Lupinus texensis emerged as the favorite of most Texans. So, in 1971, the Texas Legislature made any similar species of Lupinus that could be found in Texas the ...