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bluebonnet: see lupine lupine or lupin (l ..... Click the link for more information. . bluebonnetAny of several flowering plants, including the Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), a North American annual legume native to the plains of Texas. About 1 ft (0.3 m) tall, it bears silky-haired compound leaves and clusters of purplish blue flowers marked in the centre with white or yellow. In the spring it covers immense areas in southern and western Texas like a blue carpet. It is one of the most popular wildflowers of Texas. In Scotland the name is given to the bluebottle (Centaurea cyanus) and to the blue scabious, or devil's bit (Succisa pratensis). bluebonnet of Texas. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 643] See : Flower, State How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When we look out our office windows, we do not see seals and sea lions frolicking in Monterey Bay; we see the bluebonnets of Texas. Robert Earl Keen's final offering for Sugar Hill records - he's moving on to a major-label deal with Arista Texas - is an in-concert work that plays nicely to his strengths, while throwing in two new songs worth savoring (``I'm Going to Town'' and ``Where the Bluebonnets Grow''). The two photos are of: Addy, a rescued mixed breed, enjoying the views at White Mountain National Forest in Laconia, NH; and Kenzie, a West Highland White Terrier, in a field of bluebonnets in Granbury, Texas. |
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