Seeds from Lupinus Texensis Maroon Bluebonnet Alamo Fire. Annual – It has a light-green, velvety, palmately compound leaves usually five leaflets from branching, 6-18 inches stems. These stems are topped by clusters of up to 50 fragrant, red-maroon, pea-like flowers. The tip of the cluster is conspicuously white. Blooms Spring/Summer. Zones 3 to 8.