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Covelo Lupine II
Lupinus milo-bakeri
1999
Lupinus is Latin for wolf-flower. Since it thrives in barren areas, it was thought by the Romans to gobble up all the fertility in the soil. For this reason, Virgil did not approve of them. How strange since this genus, by its capacity to grow root nodules that make atmospheric nitrogen available for organic compounds, actually fertilizes the soil. The pattern resulting from this process can be seen in the early dominance of herbaceous legumes after a fire.
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