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Feb 28, 2024 10:43:51 #
Thought I would get a jump on the rash of bluebonnet photos that will be showing up soon. Texas long ago chose the bluebonnet for the state flower. It does come in several colors but will always be called the bluebonnet whether it is blue, purplish, white, pink, or the new Aggie maroon. At first look the Indian Paintbrush look a little like red bluebonnets but on closer observation, not quite.
Nice patch near a log/limestone house in Fredericksberg, TX
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A few Indian Paintbrush, which look a lot like bluebonnets, mixed in near Ennis, Tx
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Mixed in with a few cacti on the Willow City Loop in the Texas Hill Country.
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My most common finding, bluebonnets near broken down barbed wire fences. Bluebonnet Trail near Crisp, TX
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A few of each somewhere in central Texas.
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Feb 28, 2024 10:46:45 #
They look like lupine to me. Are lupine and bluebonnets the same flower? Or just cousins?
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Feb 28, 2024 12:10:08 #
pdsdville wrote:
Thought I would get a jump on the rash of bluebonnet photos that will be showing up soon. Texas long ago chose the bluebonnet for the state flower. It does come in several colors but will always be called the bluebonnet whether it is blue, purplish, white, pink, or the new Aggie maroon. At first look the Indian Paintbrush look a little like red bluebonnets but on closer observation, not quite.
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Feb 28, 2024 16:16:04 #
pdsdville wrote:
Thought I would get a jump on the rash of bluebonnet photos that will be showing up soon. Texas long ago chose the bluebonnet for the state flower. It does come in several colors but will always be called the bluebonnet whether it is blue, purplish, white, pink, or the new Aggie maroon. At first look the Indian Paintbrush look a little like red bluebonnets but on closer observation, not quite.
Your gorgeous shots just stopped me in my tracks 💙💙💎💙💙
Feb 28, 2024 16:26:05 #
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Feb 28, 2024 20:18:02 #
pdsdville wrote:
Thought I would get a jump on the rash of bluebonnet photos that will be showing up soon. Texas long ago chose the bluebonnet for the state flower. It does come in several colors but will always be called the bluebonnet whether it is blue, purplish, white, pink, or the new Aggie maroon. At first look the Indian Paintbrush look a little like red bluebonnets but on closer observation, not quite.
Beautiful set!!!
Feb 29, 2024 06:26:18 #
Feb 29, 2024 11:47:08 #
AzPicLady wrote:
They look like lupine to me. Are lupine and bluebonnets the same flower? Or just cousins?
I think that they are just cousins. If I remember correctly lupine are much taller reaching maybe two feet tall. Bluebonnets rarely get more than about 8 inches or so.
Feb 29, 2024 12:38:11 #
pdsdville wrote:
I think that they are just cousins. If I remember correctly lupine are much taller reaching maybe two feet tall. Bluebonnets rarely get more than about 8 inches or so.
That I didn't know. Our lupine get taller with more moisture.
Feb 29, 2024 19:22:52 #
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