Every spring, Texas becomes an ocean of blue as bluebonnets bloom across state highways, in prairies and through open fields. While many people like to stop and take photos of these flowers ...

The bluebonnet has been the state’s flower since 1901, beating out the cotton boll and the cactus, according to Texas A&M archives. After so many years, what makes the beloved flower so unique?

Miles and miles of bluebonnets await you if you venture away from Waco and Fort Worth and come to this small Texas town ...

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

were tasked with designing a Texas flag layout using bluebonnets to honor the state's sesquicentennial in 1986 at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...

A drone captured footage of the 31 men spelling out the distress sign with their bodies at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility.

AUSTIN (KXAN ) — It’s spring in Central Texas ... than the bluebonnets have had,” Armstrong said. Mexican Hats are most known for their shapes that have “sombrero-shaped flower heads ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) In the bluebonnet spirit of Texas, fields full of Texas’ iconic state flower draw tens of thousands of visitors to Ennis each April. But the bluebonnet ...

DALLAS — Every spring, Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. But there’s one particular color that Texans flock to ...

For over 100 years, the bluebonnet has signified Texas' heritage as its state flower. The plant was once part of stories told by Indigenous tribes and Spanish settlers. Later on, it was recognized ...