3 thoughts on “Sunday Best – Unidentified But Native Lupine”
Greetings from the land of Bluebonnets! Here’s a tidbit for you. The original Texas state flower was Lupinus texensis, but in 1971 the Legislature amended the 1901 statute to include every species of bluebonnet as the state flower. Now, all species of bluebonnets found in Texas, and any new species discovered, are considered to be the official flower of the state.
Why did they need to complicate it? Yucca is the State Flower of New Mexico, but the species is supposedly not specified. It seems like a discredit to whatever the State Flower should be. Redwood is the State Tree of California. Supposedly, California is the only state with two State Trees, the coastal redwood and the giant redwood. Of course, Californians know that the coastal redwood is the ‘real’ State Tree.
I suspect they took into consideration that each species is different from the others, and each part of the state has its ‘own’ species. The Chisos bluebonnet of our desert/mountainous regions blooms long before the central Texas species, and can be as much as three feet tall.
Tony Tomeo 
Greetings from the land of Bluebonnets! Here’s a tidbit for you. The original Texas state flower was Lupinus texensis, but in 1971 the Legislature amended the 1901 statute to include every species of bluebonnet as the state flower. Now, all species of bluebonnets found in Texas, and any new species discovered, are considered to be the official flower of the state.
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Why did they need to complicate it? Yucca is the State Flower of New Mexico, but the species is supposedly not specified. It seems like a discredit to whatever the State Flower should be. Redwood is the State Tree of California. Supposedly, California is the only state with two State Trees, the coastal redwood and the giant redwood. Of course, Californians know that the coastal redwood is the ‘real’ State Tree.
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I suspect they took into consideration that each species is different from the others, and each part of the state has its ‘own’ species. The Chisos bluebonnet of our desert/mountainous regions blooms long before the central Texas species, and can be as much as three feet tall.
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