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Lupinus anatolicus is a small annual lupine from southwestern Turkey, growing 24 to 40 cm tall with hairy stems and blue flowers with white markings. It is a wild species seldom grown in gardens, so care is mostly drawn from general lupine cultivation.
Lupinus anatolicus is a species of lupine in the legume family (Fabaceae), native to southwestern Turkey. First described as a new species in 1996, this plant grows to 24–40 cm in height with distinctive long white hairs on its stems and petioles. It features compound leaves with 7–9 dark green leaflets, blue flowers with white markings, and pods containing 3–5 brown seeds. Initially classified among smooth-seeded Old World lupins, subsequent genetic and microscopic analysis revealed it actually belongs to the rough-seeded group and is most closely related to Lupinus pilosus and L. palaestinus. The species has a moderate protein content and a relatively low alkaloid level in its seeds, distinguishing it biochemically from related lupine species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lupinus anatolicus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
