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Lupins in the Arrow River bed

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Lupins in the Arrow River bed

Although lupins (Lupinus angustifolius) have attractive flowers, are valuable compost material, and can colonise bare sites, they may pose a problem to the flow of the Arrow River as they invade the bed area.

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Ian Popay, Weeds of agriculture – Introduction of weeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16470/lupins-in-the-arrow-river-bed (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Popay, published 1 March 2009.