bluebonnet

texas state historian has said that the state flower, the bluebonnet, "is to texas what the shamrock is to ireland. "

研究德州的历史学家表示该州州花矢车菊对德州的象征意义就像是酢浆草之于爱尔兰。

Four hundred species of flowers, including Indian paintbrushes, prickly poppies, flowering herbs, and the most compelling blossom of all-the bluebonnet, the Texas state flower.

德克萨斯州有400多种野花，包括印第安火焰草、蓟罂粟、草药花、以及盛开怒放的德克萨斯州花矢车菊。

But the big spectacle is reserved for spring, when thousands of tourists, 80 per cent of them Texans, come to see the hillsides ablaze in wildflowers-especially the bluebonnet.

不过，当地最大的盛事仍然是每年春天，成千上万的游客，其中80%来自德克萨斯州各地，纷纷涌入希尔山地，去观赏漫山遍野如潮的野花和盛开的矢车菊。