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Lupinus arboreus Sims

Tree Lupin

Description: A short-lived shrub of untidy growth with typical lupin flower spikes of yellow flowers and palmate leaves. A Californian species, grown in gardens and established as an escape on sandy ground or dunes around the coast; inland on waste ground as a rare casual.

All names: Lupinus arboreus Sims

Distribution Map from NBN: Lupinus arboreus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Lupinus arboreus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Lupinus arboreus. Sims. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3203. Accessed on 2026-11-02.