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ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

The Alamo Fire bluebonnet, originally named the Texas Maroon, symbolizes the culmination of a multidecade initiative.

After the bluebonnet, also known as the “buffalo clover,” was declared the state flower by the Texas Legislature in 1901, a ...

were tasked with designing a Texas flag layout using bluebonnets to honor the state's sesquicentennial in 1986 at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...

They wanted to make a Texas flag from the state’s flower, but a red bluebonnet didn’t exist, Stein said. “There are very rare instances where you will find a pink bluebonnet,” he said.