Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. But there’s ...

ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

For over 100 years, the bluebonnet has signified Texas' heritage as its state flower. The plant was once part of stories told ...

A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

It’s that time of the year when countless colorful cactus blooms cover South Texas wildlands from coastal prairie to arid brush country. More species of cactus are found in Texas than any other state.

These cacti, commonly known as star cactus or sand dollar cactus, are native to south Texas and northern Mexico ... moved by the breath-taking flowers of the star cactus. They bloom with a ...

which beat out the cotton boll and the cactus. In March of that year, Texas inducted Lupinus subcarnosus as the state flower. Seventy years later, it amended the law to include Lupinus texensis ...