Bluebonnets near Austin, Texas (2015)

Near Austin, Texas on Highway 71. A clerk at a store nearby said that it had been almost ten years since the Bluebonnets were in bloom like this.

Bluebonnets, etc., Near Austin, Texas (2015) | Flickr

Bluebonnet is a name given to any number of purple-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.

On March 7, 1901, Lupinus subcarnosus became the only species of bluebonnet recognized as the state flower of Texas; 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 state flower. (Wp)

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