The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas.
Type | Symbol | Date designated | Image |
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Motto | " Friendship" | 1930 [1] [2] | |
Nickname | "The Lone Star State" [1] | ||
Flag | The Lone Star Flag [1] | June 30, 1839 | |
National seal | Seal of the Republic of Texas | January 25, 1839 | |
State seal | Seal of Texas | December 29, 1845 | |
Reverse of the seal | August 26, 1961 | ||
National coat of arms | Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas | January 25, 1839 | |
State coat of arms | Coat of arms of Texas | 1993 | |
National guard crest | Crest of the Texas National Guard | February 18, 1924 | |
Flower | Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] | March 1901 [3] | |
Tree | Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) | 1919 | |
Soil | Houston Black | ||
Bird | Northern mockingbird | 1927 [1] [4] | |
Song | " Texas, Our Texas" [1] | 1929 | |
Mammal (small) | Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [1] | 1927 | |
Mammal (large) | Texas Longhorn [1] | 1995 | |
Mammal (flying) | Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) [1] | 1995 | |
Dog | Blue Lacy [1] | June 18, 2005 | |
Horse | American Quarter Horse [1] | 2009 |
Type | Symbol | Date Designated | Image |
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Air force | Commemorative Air Force [1] | ||
Bread | Pan de campo [1] | ||
Cooking implement | Dutch oven [1] | ||
Dinosaur | Sauroposeidon proteles | 2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009) [5] | |
Dish | Chili [1] | 1977 | |
Domino game | Texas 42, [1] a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps | ||
Fiber and fabric | Cotton | 1997 [1] [6] | |
Fish | Guadalupe bass [1] (Micropterus treculii) | 1989 | |
Flower song | Bluebonnets | 1933 [1] [7] | |
Folk dance | Square dance | 1991 | |
Fruit | Texas red grapefruit | 1993 | |
Gem | Texas blue topaz | 1969 | |
Gemstone cut | Lone Star Cut [8] | ||
Grass | Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) | 1971 | |
Handgun | Colt Walker [1] | 2021 | |
Insect | Monarch butterfly [1] (Danaus plexippus) | 1995 | |
Music | Western swing [1] | ||
Musical instrument | Acoustic guitar [1] | ||
Nut | Pecan (carya illinoinensis) | 1919 | |
Pepper (native) | Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) | ||
Pepper (other) | Jalapeño | 1995 | |
Plant | Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) | 1995 | |
Play | Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown [1] | ||
Reptile | Texas horned lizard [1] (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the horny toad or horned frog. | 1993 | |
Shell | Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum pulleyi) | 1987 | |
Ship | The battleship USS Texas (BB-35) [1] | ||
Shrub | Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) | ||
Shrub (native) | Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) | ||
Slogan | "The Friendly State" [1] | 1930 | |
Snack | Tortilla chips and salsa [1] | 1995 | |
Sport | Rodeo | 1997 [6] | |
Stone | Petrified palmwood | ||
Tartan | Texas Bluebonnet Tartan | May 25, 1989 | |
Pastry | Strudel and sopaipilla | 2003-2005 | |
Vegetable | Texas sweet onion [1] | 1997 |
A pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag was established in 1933.
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible. [9]
Updated on June 15, 2007 to:
Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
one state under God,
one and indivisible. [10]
Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas: