"Black list" plants
Photos: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Lupins at Lake Vihmjärve
Large-leaved lupin; Garden lupin Hulgalehine lupiin Lupinus polyphyllus
1441 native species of vascular plants grow in Estonian nature. Nearly 6000 have been introduced, among them up to 2000 taxa of trees and shrubs (woody plants). Not particularly many of them have become naturalised or run wild, probably not more than 10-15%.
The garden or large-leaved lupin has reached nature from garden cultivation. Previously only in South Estonia but by now we can come across it naturalised in varieties with blue, white or pinkish flowers, on the whole mainland – the roadsides are decorated with it and it is the same in the other Nordic countries too.
The undemanding large-leaved lupin, with pea or fabaceous family flowers, grows well even in poor soils, and beside it not much room is left for other plants. The leaves of the lupin are well adapted to strong solar radiation as the leaves move with the sun throughout the day in order to be parallel to the incoming sun rays all day.
Lupin
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