USDA Symbol:LUTE USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.
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Specimen & Label Data
Lupinus texensis
Texas Bluebonnet
Fabaceae
Location: 5 m S of S Oakwell Farms Pky & 200 m E of S guardgate--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Open slope of caliche hill. Large colony.
Description: Erect, much branched annual, leaves palmately 5-foliate; leaflets acute at apex. Corolla buds & immature legumes silvery-white, pubescent. Wing petals dark-blue.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 27, 1994
Specimen number: 553