Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Lupinus texensis
Lupinus texensis Hook.
Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: LUTEUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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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
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0839
Accession Date: Jul 26, 1994
Accession Number: 63
Annotations: SCFRB (In flower & fruit)