ColorChallenge — SundayPurple — I Admire This Masterpiece #6 ( plus a little investigation)

This painting by American artist 19 century Robert Julian Onderdonk called

"Mountain Laurel In Bloom."

I've never heard before about this great tree with blooming purple flowers. So had a "little investigation". Here's what I learned.

It turns out this kind of Laurel is called Texas mountain Laurel (Texas mountain laurel or Sophora secundiflora). From early spring until mid-april, the plant is covered with clusters of violet-blue inflorescences, the length of which reaches 17 cm.

Texas mountain Laurel is endemic (species and families of animals and plants, the representatives of which live in a relatively limited geographical region) Central and South-Western districts of Texas.

It turns out, that thanks to the artist, we learned not only about women's Blue bonnets the first settlers and about the beautiful Lupines. But one of the most popular plants, used in landscaping of the Southern United States.

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