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The bluebonnets are blooming in Texas, and it looks like its going to be a good year. A prediction from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin is looking more prescient by the day.
So, what are bluebonnets and where did they come from? The purple blooms are the pride of Texas, adopted by the 27th Texas Legislature as the state flower on March 7, 1901. Bluebonnets get their ...
A combination of rain and warmer temperatures means some bluebonnets are already starting to bloom in parts of North Texas.
Lupinus havardii is a species of lupine known by the common names Big Bend bluebonnet and Chisos bluebonnet. It is native to Texas and Chihuahua , where it blooms between January and June. Its habitat includes gravelly, fine talus , and the alluvial soils in the desert, valleys, hills, and mountain slopes.
Lupinus texensis, the Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine [1] is a species of lupine found in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. With other related species of lupines also called bluebonnets, it is the state flower of Texas. [2] [3] It is an annual [4] which begins its life as a small ...
So, in 1971, the Texas Legislature made any similar species of Lupinus that could be found in Texas the state flower. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Despite the common belief among Texans that picking bluebonnets is illegal in the state, this is a myth, and there are no laws that specifically prohibit picking them.
One of the best parts of spring in Texas has to be the bloom of bluebonnets! As spring unfolds across the Lone Star State, here's where to go so you can snap a picture with the state flower.
Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] March 1901 [3] Tree: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) 1919 Soil: Houston Black: Bird: Northern mockingbird: 1927 [1] [4] Song "Texas, Our Texas" [1] 1929 Mammal (small) Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [1] 1927 Mammal (large ...