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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 ...
Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine; On March 7, 1901, Lupinus subcarnosus became the only species of bluebonnet recognized as the state flower of Texas; [2] however, Lupinus texensis emerged as the favorite of most Texans. So, in 1971, the Texas Legislature made any similar species of Lupinus that could be found in Texas the ...
Alamo Fire or Texas Maroon are names given to a maroon hybrid cultivar of Lupinus texensis (or bluebonnet), Texas' state flower. [1] [2]Maroon and white bluebonnets were developed as part of an effort to compose a Texas flag with red, white, and blue bluebonnets to celebrate Texas' sesquicentennial in 1986.
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 name from the flower’s individual bloom’s ...
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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 name from the flower’s individual bloom’s ...
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3–1.5 metres (1–5 feet) tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m (10 ft) tall. An exception is the chamis de monte (Lupinus jaimehintonianus) of Oaxaca in Mexico, which is a tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall.
Seven U.S. states, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Illinois have officially declared a state mushroom. Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1]