Nature

The White Bluebonnet Among a Sea of Blue

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Tony Maples Photography

 

Pollination was the key. When regular bluebonnets pollinated the white bluebonnets they would mask the mutant gene that resulted in the white flower. So, for more white bluebonnets to appear, other white bluebonnets (that may still also reproduce blue flowers) needed to pollinate other white bluebonnets.

The White Bluebonnet Among a Sea of Blue

Photo: Flickr/abbamouse

Because of their rare nature, simply photographing them helps them survive. Though tempting, restrain from picking any white bluebonnets. Their continued existence depends on their ability to reproduce — leaving seeds and pollinating new flowers so future generations might also enjoy them.

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