Alamo Fire

Alamo Fire or Texas Maroon are names given to a maroon hybrid cultivar of Lupinus texensis (or bluebonnet), Texas' state flower.[1][2]

Maroon and white bluebonnets were developed as part of an effort to compose a Texas flag with red, white, and blue bluebonnets to celebrate Texas' sesquicentennial in 1986. Pink bluebonnets were found in San Antonio, and reddish examples were selectively bred by Dr. Jerry Parsons of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to eventually give maroon bluebonnets in the year 2000.[3] The color of these bluebonnets were fitting, as the color maroon is strongly associated with Texas A&M University.

References

  1. ↑ "Alamo Fire - Lupinus texensis (Fabaceae)". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Jean Andrews. "Bluebonnet". Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Texas Horticulture Milestones". Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2015-07-26.


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