Blue Bonnets

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Blue Bonnets

• Types and Vocabulary

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Types of Blue Bonnets

• Lupinus Subcarnosus These blue bonnets grow in
  the northern part of Hidalgo County, Texas.

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Types Of Blue Bonnets

• Lupinus Texensis This is the most common type
• of blue bonnet. This flower is a favorite among
  tourists and Texans. This type of blue bonnet is
  found in central Texas and along highways.
• Photo SFA Native Plant Center

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Types of Blue Bonnets

• Lupinus Cocinnus White or rosy purple blue
  bonnet that grows best in the sandy regions of
  Texas.
• Photo Christopher Christie

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Types of Blue Bonnets

• Lupinus Plattenis This type of blue bonnet is
  found largely in the Trans-Pecos area.
• Photo Christopher Christie

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Types Of Blue Bonnets.

• Lupinus Harvardii this is the most majestic of
  all blue bonnets. The flower can grow as tall as
  three feet. Its natural growing region is the
  Big Bend area of Texas. Photo Christopher
  Christie

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Vocabulary Words

• Perennial- a flower or plant that lasts all year
  long.

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Vocabulary Words

• Soil- a material made of tiny pieces of rock,
  minerals, and decayed plant and animal matter.

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Vocabulary Words

• Seed- a structure produced by a plant that
  contains a tiny undeveloped plant and a supply of
  food for the plant.

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Vocabulary Words

• Germination- the sprouting of a plant from a seed.

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Vocabulary Words

• Root system- the life support system for a plant
  or flower. This is where water and nutrition are
  stored for the plant. The root system is also how
  the plant affixes itself in its environment.

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Vocabulary Words

• Scarification- the chemical process that aids
  germination in plants and flowers.

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Vocabulary Words

• Fungus-an organism that feeds on dead organisms
  or their wastes, cannot move on its own and
  reproduces with spores.

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Vocabulary Words

• Organism- a living thing

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Vocabulary Words

• Water drainage-process by which the soil
  adequately accepts the needed water for plants
  and absorbs it into its root system with no
  standing water surrounding the plant.

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Vocabulary Words

• Pill Bug- a small crustacean who is the natural
  enemy of Bluebonnets. This creature likes to feed
  on the young plants prior to their first bloom.