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"From being despised to becoming a celebrated star, the lupin was there waiting to be seen for what it truly is: a generous flower that nourishes the soil wherever it grows and lifts our spirits whenever we encounter them.
It was believed that these flowers would run wild and destroy the land. The opposite turned out to be true, as their root systems contain a beneficial bacterium that fixes nitrogen into the soil. Lupins, like other legumes, have been used as a "green manure" to restore dry soil in overworked fields.
The large, hard-shelled lupin seeds are so tough that seeds from an arctic variety have been retrieved from northern permafrost and 10,000-year-old specimens were actually germinated in the lab. Now that's a hardy perennial!"
From New Brunzwick, CA bureau of tourism.
(Frankly the argument against the plant due to roots' reinforcing river-banks does sound a bit suspect).