Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Lupinus subcarnosus
Lupinus subcarnosus Hook.
Texas Bluebonnet, Sandyland Bluebonnet
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: LUSUUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Lupinus subcarnosus
Texas Bluebonnet
Fabaceae
Location: 100 m S of S Oakwell Farms Pky & 100 m E of Harry Wurzbach Dr--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Shallow, calcerous soil on limestone hill in opening of low woods. Scattered, few.
Description: Much branched, erect/ascending annual from shallow taproot, 30+ cm tall. Leaves alternate, long petioled, 5-foliate. Leaflets rounded apically. Infloresence a conspicuous terminal raceme. Flowers papilionaceous, blue or lavender, with some areas of white.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 27, 1994
Specimen number: 547
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0830
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1994
Accession Number: 61
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)