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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.
Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, [note 1] or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species , with centers of diversity in North and South America . [ 1 ]
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 subcarnosus, the sandy land bluebonnet or Texas bluebonnet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico. [1] A winter annual reaching 40 cm (16 in), it prefers deep sandy soils. [2]
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 perennis (also wild perennial lupine, wild lupine, sundial lupine, blue lupine, Indian beet, or old maid's bonnets) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Description
Bluebonnet (plant), a name given to any number of blue-flowered species of the genus Lupinus Bluebonnet Bowl , an American college football bowl game played annually 1959–1987 Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative , an electric utility cooperative headquartered in Bastrop, Texas, U.S.
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.