Blue Bonnets
Types and Vocabulary
Types of Blue Bonnets
Lupinus Subcarnosus:
These blue bonnets grow
in the northern part of
Hidalgo County, Texas.
Types Of Blue Bonnets
Lupinus Texensis : This is
the most common type
of blue bonnet. This flower
is a favorite among
tourists and Texans. This
type of blue bonnet is
found in central Texas
and along highways.
Photo SFA Native Plant Center
Types of Blue Bonnets
Lupinus Cocinnus: White or rosy purple blue
bonnet that grows best in the sandy regions of
Texas.
Photo: Christopher Christie
Types of Blue Bonnets
Lupinus Plattenis : This type of blue bonnet is
found largely in the Trans-Pecos area.
Photo : Christopher Christie
Types Of Blue Bonnets.
Lupinus Harvardii: this is the most majestic of
all blue bonnets. The flower can grow as tall as
three feet. It’s natural growing region is the “Big
Bend” area of Texas. Photo: Christopher Christie
Vocabulary Words
Perennial- a flower or plant that lasts all year
long.
Vocabulary Words
Soil- a material made of tiny pieces of rock,
minerals, and decayed plant and animal matter.
Vocabulary Words
Seed- a structure produced by a plant that
contains a tiny undeveloped plant and a supply
of food for the plant.
Vocabulary Words
Germination- the sprouting of a plant from a
seed.
Vocabulary Words
Root system- the life support system for a plant
or flower. This is where water and nutrition are
stored for the plant. The root system is also how
the plant affixes itself in its environment.
Vocabulary Words
Scarification- the chemical process that aids
germination in plants and flowers.
Vocabulary Words
Fungus-an organism that feeds on dead
organisms or their wastes, cannot move on its
own and reproduces with spores.
Vocabulary Words
Organism- a living thing
Vocabulary Words
Water drainage-process by which the soil
adequately accepts the needed water for plants
and absorbs it into its root system with no
standing water surrounding the plant.
Vocabulary Words
Pill Bug- a small crustacean who is the natural
enemy of Bluebonnets. This creature likes to
feed on the young plants prior to their first
bloom.