I have no idea but it looks like someone sat on it. Hopefully it will recover because the blooms are beautiful. Maybe you can try to root some cuttings in case it doesn't recover.

Well it was in the sun for a few hours before I noticed it. LOL Not funny But Kinda.

for a moment I thought it was in my hailstorm too

hope it will make it for you. your friend can not tell you?

Lucy

I dont know either, but it is pretty, I hope it recovers
for you.

Karen

LOL Karyn, someone sat on it. . .ROTF. . .

I hope it is ok.

Victoria Blue Sage? Black and Blue Sage? Not May Night Salvia, flower is too light. . .

Blue Salvia?

Salvia Farinacea "Velocity Blue" ????

Here is a link that might be useful: Velocity Blue Salvia

It doesn't look like a salvia to me. It looks like something in the legume family.

A bean?

I was comparing the shape of the flowers and the shape of the leaves.

Didn't seem to be a "bean" family, but you could be right.

Just has all the ear marks of a salvia or a sage. . .the tall stalks above the leaves.

A bean huh?

Was assuming the stalks were tall before "someone sat on it"

ROTF. . .still get a kick out of that comment. . .

LOL yes I dont think it is the salvia. It has as soft leaf like slightly fuzzy.

A penstemon maybe??

The flowers just look so much like legume flowers. It actually looks a lot like Showy Rattlebox (Crotalaria spectabilis) except that has blue instead of yellow flowers. I really wish someone would ID it already. I'd love to know what it is. Did you post a pic on the "Name that plant" forum yet?

rofl Karyn. I guess it is driving you crazy that it is not named yet. But that is why I came back to look if someone figured it out yet, too.

If not...I guess time will tell. Who knows...maybe we will see a bean picture soon lol

Lucy

I have no clue, but I really like the color. The flowers almost look like wisteria blooms, but that sure isn't the right foliage.

Linda

Maybe Blue Shell Pea Vine, Clitoria ternatea? Those blooms look really familiar!

Pam

I will take a guess.. How about blue sage?

The flowers look just like my blue Lupine. Im gonna take a dry pic today and see if that helps.

Ok Barb now I almost feel like to offer a prize to the person who guesses it correctly rofl

Lucy

Wow it really looks this http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1072/

Dweeb this is part of the salvia family and is a texas native...Oh I found out it is hardy to zone 4 too...I have to get some..Blue is so hard to find for the garden..:) Cant wait for the pic brandy it sure is pretty...

I posted this on the name that plant forum so hopefully we should get an answer soon. A few people there have encyclopedic knowledge of plants. It's definitely not Clitoria ternatea and I don't think it's a salvia. The flower does look kind of like a lupine but not sure about the foliage but maybe because it's squished. I'm dying to know what this is. lol

Sorry Barb I looked thanks not it. Brandy

Darn back to the drawing board..Lol :) I hope name that plant forum can name it..They are good over there....

So far no answer. I usually get an answer to unknowns pretty quickly when I post there. Did you ask the person who gave it to you?

Someone on the other forum suggested baptisia (false indigo) and the blooms do match. I have one in the yard but the foliage didn't look right but maybe that's because someone sat on it. lol I think baptisia is the closest match so far.

Here is a link that might be useful: baptisia

Lol sitting on it...Finally we have a name..:) What about the red stems?

It sure gives things a different look when you sit on it roflmao

No wonder it was so hard to find out what it is...just read this : FALSE indigo ha ha ha

Hope that is it. Karyn glad you posted it there also and you finally can rest again lol

Happy day to all

Lucy

Brandy, can you ask your friend to send you a pix of a plant still in the ground. It's bloom does look like false indigo, but it's hard to tell if the leaves are the same. On this picture, the leaves appear longer to me than what false indigo has. BTW, has the plant perked up any since you planted it?

Karyn that was close but I still think no dice. The foliage is different. It kinda reminds me of Lambs ear. The plant hasnt recovered. A pic wouldnt help now. LOL I wish I knew I would grow it from now on. The lady that gave it just found it on the side of the road and was hoping i knew. Brandy AND THE MYSTRY GOES ON!!!

I'm not absolutely convinced either. The blooms match but the foliage doesn't, at least not in the pic. I'd love to see a healthy specimen. I'd bet we could get a positive ID if we had one.

Has anyone ever grown Texas Bluebonnet? I cant find a good pic of the folage on it. That was the route I headed first.

I grow it. The foilage is totally different.

Pam

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Pam I dare to say that is Blue Lupine. Ive got that one in bloom myself right now.

TX Bluebonnet is a lupine, Lupinus texensis. I wish we'd get a positive ID on the da*m thing already!!!!!!

I was thinking it looked like a squashed wet Tx bluebonnet myself, lol.