What is Lupin?
{{Taxobox | name = Lupin | image = Lupinus perennis 1593017.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Wild Perennial Lupin (''Lupinus perennis'') | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Fabales]] | familia = [[Fabaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] | tribus = [[Genisteae]] | genus = '''''Lupinus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subgenus = '''''Lupinus''''' and '''''Platycarpos''''' [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm (Wats.) Kurl.]| subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 150-200 species, including:<br/> ''[[Lupinus albus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus angustifolius]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus luteus]]'' ''[[Lupinus albifrons]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus arboreus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus aridorum]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus arizonicus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus benthamii]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus bicolor]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus chamissonis]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus diffusus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus excubitus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus formosus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus hirsutissimus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus jaimehintoniana]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus longifolius]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus microcarpus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus mutabilis]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus nanus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus nootkatensis]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus perennis]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus polyphyllus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus sparsiflorus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus stiversii]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus succulentus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus sulphureus]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus texensis]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus tidestromii]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus variicolor]]''<br/> ''[[Lupinus villosus]]'' }} '''Lupin''', often spelled '''lupine''' in [[North America]], is the common name for members of the [[genus]] '''''Lupinus''''' in the family [[Fabaceae]]. There are between 150 and 200 species. They grow all over the [[Mediterranean region]] - [[Subgenus|Subgen.]] '''''Lupinus''''', and the [[Americas]] - Subgen. '''''Platycarpos '''''(Wats.) Kurl.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://personal.inet.fi/tiede/lupin/Classific.htm |title=Classifications |access-date=2008-08-17 |archive-da