Big Bend Bluebonnet
Lupinus havardii
Big Bend bluebonnet is the towering Texas bluebonnet of the Chihuahuan Desert, sending up dramatic deep-blue spikes up to four feet tall after winter rains.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 20–20 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~35 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- TX
Related native plants
More Lupinus species
- Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
- Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor)
- Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
- Yellow Bush Lupine (Lupinus arboreus)
- Bigleaf Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)