List of Texas state symbols

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas.

Location of the state of Texas in the United States of America

Official designations and symbols

Type	Symbol	Date designated	Image
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

Other official designations

Texas Centennial half dollar commemorative

Texas quarter reverse

Type	Symbol	Date Designated	Image
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

Pledge to the Texas flag

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]

Ships

USS Texas (BB-35), the oldest remaining dreadnought.

Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:

• CSS Texas
• USS Texas (1892)
• USS Texas (BB-35)
• USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39)
• USS Texas (SSN-775)

See also

• Outline of Texas
• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia