"LUPINES OR LUPINS (both spellings are correct) are members of the Bean Family, or Fabaceae, which were introduced to Nova Scotia from the Mediterranean as ornamental plants, but which have escaped cultivation to become common in the wild, along roadways & other open spaces." (I feel more intelligent after copying it
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They are called "lupins" or "pois lupins" (pois means bean) as well in France. Perhaps because they come from Mediterranean.
Arsène Lupin "Gentleman Cambrioleur (burglar)" hero of Maurice Leblanc's novels