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'Texas Maroon’ Bluebonnet, Wayne A. Mackay, Jerry M. Parsons, Greg Grant, Steve George, Tim D. Davis, Larry Stein
'Texas Maroon’ Bluebonnet, Wayne A. Mackay, Jerry M. Parsons, Greg Grant, Steve George, Tim D. Davis, Larry Stein
SFA Gardens Publications
The Texas state flower, the bluebonnet, encompasses all six of the Lupinus species native to Texas. The most widespread and popular bluebonnet, Lupinus texensis Hook., is a winter annual that produces violet-blue [violet-blue group 96A, Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS), 1982] racemes in early to midspring and is predominately self-pollinating.
The Texas Dept. of Transportation uses this species widely for floral displays along roadsides throughout much of the state (Andrews, 1986). Rare white and even rarer pink variants exist in native populations, and a breeding project was initiated in 1985 to develop bluebonnets with novel flower colors for use as bedding …