Bush lupin or bush lupine is a common name applied to a number of
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
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lupin
''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
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Lupinus albifrons
''Lupinus albifrons'', silver lupine, white-leaf bush lupine, or evergreen lupine, is a species of lupine (lupin). It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows along the coast and in dry and open meadows, prairies and forest clearings. ...
'' Silver bush lupine
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Lupinus arboreus
''Lupinus arboreus'', the yellow bush lupine (US) or tree lupin (UK), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.
Description
''Lupinus arboreus'' is an evergreen shrub growing to tall (hence the alternative common name, tree ...
'' Yellow bush lupine
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Lupinus chamissonis
''Lupinus chamissonis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name Chamisso bush lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from most of the length of the coastline. It grows in sand dunes and other immediate coastal habitat.
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'' Chamisso bush lupine
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Lupinus excubitus
''Lupinus excubitus'' is a species of lupine known as the grape soda lupine. Its common name refers to its sweet scent, which is said to be very reminiscent of grape soda. This species and its variants are found in Southwestern United States, e ...
'' Grape soda lupine
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Lupinus longifolius
''Lupinus longifolius'' is a species of lupine known by the common name longleaf bush lupine.
It is native to the coastal mountain ranges and hillsides of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in local habitat in the canyons an ...
'' Longleaf bush lupine
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