Lupinus albus, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 105

5. L. albus L. , Sp. Pl. 721 (1753).

Shortly hairy annual up to 120 cm. Leaflets of the lower leaves 25-35 x 14-18 mm, obovate, of the upper leaves 40-50 x 10-15 mm, obovate-cuneate, all mucronulate, nearly glabrous above, sparsely villous beneath; stipules setaceous. Racemes 5-10 cm, sessile, flowers alternate. Calyx 8-9 mm, both lips shallowly dentate. Corolla 15-16 mm, white to blue. Legume 60-100 x 11-20 mm, becoming longitudinally rugulose, shortly-villous, glabrescent, yellow. Seeds 4-6, 8-14 mm, orbicular-quadrangular, compressed or depressed, smooth and dull, light yellow, sometimes with dark variegation. Acid soils. S. part o f Balkan peninsula and Aegean region; widely cultivated elsewhere. Al Bu Cr G r Ju Tu [Au Az Co Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Lu Rm Sa Si].