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Bluebonnet (plant) Bluebonnet is a name given to any of a number of purple-flowered or blue-flowered species of the genus Lupinus predominantly found in southwestern United States and is collectively the state flower of Texas. The shape of the petals on the flower resembles the bonnet worn by pioneer women to shield them from the sun. [1]
A periwinkle flower. Periwinkle is a color in the blue and violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb ( Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet. [2] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple-blue in the ...
Sisyrinchium bellum. Flowers are 10.5–17 mm and bluish-purple, bluish violet to pale blue, sometimes even white. Petals tips are notched or flattened with a little point. Sisyrinchium bellum, the western blue-eyed grass [2] or Californian blue-eyed grass, is the common blue-eyed grass of California and Oregon in and west of the Sierra Nevada ...
Binomial name. Viola cucullata. Aiton. Viola cucullata, the hooded blue violet, marsh blue violet or purple violet, is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia. [1] It is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit.
Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris. It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. It is common in sedge meadows ...
Blue brood is honey bee larvae that have blue or purple streaks that run through their translucent guts, Tarpy said. Many local Sandhills residents swear by the titi plants, which also bloom mid ...
Red. Red is a bold, vibrant color that makes a real statement. As Kim points out, red can be found in ripe fruits and blossomed flowers, "signaling fertility or life." However, it's also the color ...
Matthiola incana is a species of flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. Common names include Brompton stock, common stock, hoary stock, ten-week stock, and gilly-flower. [1] The common name stock usually refers to this species, though it may also be applied to the whole genus Matthiola. The common name "night-scented stock" or ...
Natalie Hoage. May 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Roderick MACNEIL/Shutterstock. Back on April 13th, Busch Gardens welcomed its newest family member, a critically endangered baby orangutan who was born to ...
Saxifraga oppositifolia is a low-growing, densely or loosely matted plant growing up to 5 cm (2 in) high, with somewhat woody branches of creeping or trailing habit close to the surface. The leaves are small, rounded, scale-like, opposite in four rows with ciliated margins. The flowers are solitary on short stalks, petals purple or lilac, much ...