in late march to early april of every year, the texas highways fill with wildflowers. the flowers, which were originally a project to beautify the highways, are really a part of our culture. their yearly emergence is our rite of spring.
in school you learn the legend of the indian paintbrush and the legend of the bluebonnet. on weekends you'll see families stopped taking pictures in the bluebonnets. it's a go to for easter family portraits. we all know that you never pick a bluebonnet, and that you tread through them carefully as you could easily trip over a rattlesnake. we know that each petal has a secret cat's claw inside of it. and we know it's the most beautiful flower in the world.
while there are many wildflowers of texas, the bluebonnet is our official state flower and is the most abundant. bluebonnets have a distinct smell that let you know you're in texas, and if you grew up here that smell instantly transports you home.
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