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Malcolm writes:
| In article , Chris Bacon
| writes
|
| I found a couple of plants, in the middle of nowhere, which seemed to
| be lupins. The flower spikes and leaves were both smaller than those
| of "garden" lupins. They had a marvelluos scent. Do lupins grow wild?
|
| Yes. Half a dozen different species.

However, almost all garden lupins are Russell hybrids, and do not grow
wild (though they have naturalised themselves in some places). Whether
the smaller lupins were species or naturalised is unclear, but the scent
implies the former. Apparently Russell lupin seeds are poisonous, and
the food crops are other species.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.