Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus subcarnosusnative · Central Texas
Texas Bluebonnet is an annual wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 0.5–1.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms blue and purple in Mar–Apr. Good for bees.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Apr · blue, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on deep, dry, moist, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Southern Post Oak Savanna
231 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.