Arent there native lupines throughout new england?
Realistic-Reception5
“Here’s where to find them and remove them”
ArtsyRambles
Ohh. I feel better about potentially cutting them for vases! I don’t like to take native ones for ‘decor’.
RunningFree701
…and set them on fire.

s3ntia
I keep seeing fb marketplace listings for bigleaf lupine from sellers who live like 30 miles from the Karner Blue barrens preserve in Concord 🤕
Opposite_Match5303
Aren’t the whites a stronghold for native lupine? Or is your point that the photo is the invasive?
EWFKC
Yes, ugh. The North Shore of Lake Superior has the same problem. Beautiful! People getting out of their cars and taking roadside snapshots having a great time while I’m in my car groaning. Ignorance was bliss.
knicelyknurled
Happy to have the common blue violet as the RI state flower!
Vegetable_Sky48
I just got back from visiting Maine and was astounded by how they were celebrated as an icon of the state and even protected despite their invasive-ness
Ovenbird36
Illinois violets checking in!
mermaidtitty
This makes me sad 😩 bigleaf lupine is native here on the west coast and I loveeeeeee them
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Arent there native lupines throughout new england?
“Here’s where to find them and remove them”
Ohh. I feel better about potentially cutting them for vases! I don’t like to take native ones for ‘decor’.
…and set them on fire.

I keep seeing fb marketplace listings for bigleaf lupine from sellers who live like 30 miles from the Karner Blue barrens preserve in Concord 🤕
Aren’t the whites a stronghold for native lupine? Or is your point that the photo is the invasive?
Yes, ugh. The North Shore of Lake Superior has the same problem. Beautiful! People getting out of their cars and taking roadside snapshots having a great time while I’m in my car groaning. Ignorance was bliss.
Happy to have the common blue violet as the RI state flower!
I just got back from visiting Maine and was astounded by how they were celebrated as an icon of the state and even protected despite their invasive-ness
Illinois violets checking in!
This makes me sad 😩 bigleaf lupine is native here on the west coast and I loveeeeeee them