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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. The shape of the petals on the flower resembles the bonnet worn by pioneer women to shield them from the sun. [1]
State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Camellia (state flower) Camellia japonica: 1959 (clarified 1999) [1] Oak-leaf hydrangea
State wildflower - passion flower State cultivated flower - iris: Tennessee has two state flowers. The purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is the state's wildflower and the iris is the state's cultivated flower. In 1919, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a resolution providing for a state flower to be chosen by a vote of the state's ...
The first state flower is the iris which was designated the state cultivated flower in 1973. Tennessee had two official wildflowers which are the passion flower and the coneflower. Along with ...
This is a list of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens — plants and botanical gardens which have been designated as an official symbol(s) by a state or territory's legislature. 5 U.S. states and 1 U.S. territory have an official state/territory plant. 7 U.S. states have an official state botanical garden or arboretum.
Tennessee: 1999 [32] Tennessee state tartan: Texas: 1989: Texas Bluebonnet tartan [33] G4 R2 B16 W2 R2 W2 LB16 W2 LB16 W2 Y1 [33] Utah: 1996 [34] Utah Centennial tartan [34] W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4 [34] Virginia: 2007 [35] Virginia Quadricentennial tartan [35] Washington: 1991 (designed 1988) [36] Washington state tartan [37] [36] WW6 DR6 RB32 ...
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 ...
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