The official state flower of Texas, the Bluebonnet
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Lupinus texensis
In Bloom: March - May
The official state flower, thebrTexas Bluebonnet can be found along most roadsides and fields throughout Texas,brblanketing its surrounds in a sea of blue. The flower's seeming ubiquity is duebrto the plantings of highway departments and local gardening clubs. Part of the legumebrfamily, this beloved flower grows anywhere from 15 to 24 inches tall.
Flower Fact:The bluebonnet became the Texas state flower in 1901. Seventy years later the statebrlegislature named all six members of the lupine species of bluebonnets as officialbrstate flowers.