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

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.

However, Texas is so big and its bluebonnets are so bountiful, lawmakers granted a similar designation to Ennis in 1997. A flag celebrates bluebonnet season in downtown Ennis, where the community ...

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 ...