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LUPINES You probably have seen those landscapes of Lupine flowers in Iceland either in pictures or in reality. Today we’re gonna speak a bit about it: The Lupine is a flower plant that normally grows in North Africa, North America, New Zealand, the Mediterranean and Iceland. The specie that grows in Iceland is Alaskan Lupine or known also as Lupinus Nootkatensis. The height of this flower plant can round between 50 cm and 120 cm.

Lupins season is summer, lasting around 2 months, from June to August and you can specially see them in the south of the country. In Iceland they're known as Lupines but they're real name in Icelandic is Úlfabaunir, meaning literally “Wolf Beans”.

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