Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Herbaceous Perennial
Origin
Texas
Northwestern United States, California, Canada
Types
Lupinus adsurgens, Lupinus affinis, Lupinus albicaulis
Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock
Number of Varieties
4575
0
40000
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Habitat
Loamy soils, Sandy areas
Cultivated Beds
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-85-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9 - 1
12 - 1
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.96 cm38.10 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.48 cm20.30 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Blue, Purple
Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Sea Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Sea Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate to oval
Oblanceolate , Ovate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Very Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Cuttings, Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Alkaline
Slightly Acidic
Soil Type
Fertile, Well drained
Sandy
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
-
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Butterflies
Allergy
Toxic
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Soil Enrichment
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant, Used for bedding in gardens
Used as a dye
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Hanging Basket
-
Botanical Name
LUPINUS subcarnosus
Matthiola incana
Common Name
Bluebonnet, Texas Bluebonnet
Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower
In Hindi
Bluebonnet Plant
gillyflower
In German
Blaue Lupine Pflanze
Garten-Levkoje
In French
Bluebonnet Plante
Gillyflower
In Spanish
Planta bluebonnet
Gillyflower
In Greek
Bluebonnet φυτών
Gillyflower
In Portuguese
Bluebonnet de Plantas
Matthiola incana
In Polish
Bluebonnet roślin
Gillyflower
In Latin
Planta Bluebonnet
Matthiola incana
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Capparales
Family
Fabaceae
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Lupinus
Gilia
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Genisteae
Gilieae
Subfamily
Faboideae
Polemonioideae
Number of Species
20025
1
27800
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