blue bonnet

Lone Star bloom

A blue bonnet is a wildflower with blue clustered blooms, especially the lupine species that blankets Texas fields in spring and serves as the state flower.

The term also refers to a traditional Scottish cap, typically a flat woolen bonnet in blue.

The hillsides were covered in bluebonnets.

Usually spelled as one word: bluebonnet.

wildflower

lupine

Of or like wolves

roadside · hill country · meadow · pasture · Lady Bird Johnson · seed · germination · annual · legume · nitrogen-fixing

hat

sunbonnet

Brimmed hat shading face

colonial · Victorian · ribbon · brim · headcovering · modest · historical · costume · millinery · women's headwear

Texas

Lone Star State

Official Texas nickname

springtime · Austin · San Antonio · Fredericksburg · Ennis · Texas pride

Categories
Opposites
texas state symbolism

blue bonnetyellow rose

Amber-hued garden bloom

prickly pear cactus · lone star

flower color

blue bonnetyellow rose

Amber-hued garden bloom

red poppy · sunflower · Indian paintbrush · black-eyed Susan · marigold

regional flora identity

blue bonnetCalifornia poppy

Orange Western wildflower

cherry blossom · English rose

Family

blue, bonnet, blueness, bluish, bluer, bluest, blues, blued, blueing

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G