Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Texas: Bluebonnet sp.

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The mildly fragrant racemes on the Bluebonnet are in shades of lavender, 8-12 cm long, and each raceme contains 25-40 florets. Each blue bonnet flower floret is 1-2 cm long and has a 3-6 mm wide white banner spot in the center of the banner petal. This spot often turns to reddish purple with age, but the Bluebonnet florets sometimes shrivel before the color change takes place. The pedicel of the Bluebonnet flower has a length of 6-12 mm and the flower spike stem's diameter is 2-4 mm. The Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) specie is the favorite of the Texans.

http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/stateflowers/texas-state-flowers
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