#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream
Wild Grape Juice
This morning I am sending thoughts and prayers to the people of Texas as I walk in the dry, quiet August woods of New England. When I get home, I wonder what kind of prayer I can post here. What is the Texas state flower? It's a bluebonnet, a species of lupine often planted on Texas highways.
May the bluebonnet bloom again soon
to cheer the people of Texas .
“Lupinus texensis, the Texas lupine[1] or Texas bluebonnet, is a species of lupine endemic to Texas. With other related species of lupines also called bluebonnets, it is the state flower of Texas.”
“Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf flower. . . has larger, more sharply pointed leaves and more numerous flower heads than similar lupines. Light-green, velvety, palmately compound leaves (usually five leaflets) are borne from branching, 6-18 in. stems. These stems are topped by clusters of up to 50 fragrant, blue, pea-like flowers. The tip of the cluster is conspicuously white. This is the species often planted by highway departments and garden clubs of Texas”
Texas Bluebonne (source Wikipedia)
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