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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.
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 ...
Bluebonnet, Texas Texas Bluebonnet -- Lupinus. Bluebonnet is a name given to any of a number of purple-flowered or blue-flowered species of the genus Lupinus predominantly found in southwestern United States and is collectively the state flower of Texas.
“On a scale from one to 10, this year looks like it could be an eight, for bluebonnets in particular, if not even better,” said Andrea DeLong-Amaya, the center’s director of horticulture.
“On a scale from one to 10, this year looks like it could be an eight, for bluebonnets in particular, if not even better,” said Andrea DeLong-Amaya, the center’s director of horticulture.
The pea-like flowers have an upper standard, or banner, two lateral wings, and two lower petals fused into a keel. The flower shape has inspired common names such as bluebonnets and quaker bonnets. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds. The seeds contain alkaloids which lend them a bitter taste.
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.
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