# List of Texas state symbols

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

## Official designations and symbols

| Type | Symbol | Date designated |
| Motto | "Friendship" | 1930 |
| Nickname | "The Lone Star State" | |
| Flag | The Lone Star Flag | 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) | March 1901 |
| Tree | Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) | 1919 |
| Soil | Houston Black | |
| Bird | Northern mockingbird | 1927 |
| Song | "Texas, Our Texas" | 1929 |
| Mammal (small) | Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) | 1927 |
| Mammal (large) | Texas Longhorn | 1995 |
| Mammal (flying) | Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) | 1995 |
| Dog | Blue Lacy | June 18, 2005 |
| Horse | American Quarter Horse | 2009 |

## Other official designations

| Type | Symbol | Date Designated |
| Air force | Commemorative Air Force | |
| Bread | Pan de campo | |
| Cooking implement | Dutch oven | |
| Dinosaur | Sauroposeidon proteles | 2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009) |
| Dish | Chili | 1977 |
| Domino game | Texas 42, a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps | |
| Fiber and fabric | Cotton | 1997 |
| Fish | Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii) | 1989 |
| Flower song | Bluebonnets | 1933 |
| Folk dance | Square dance | 1991 |
| Fruit | Texas red grapefruit | 1993 |
| Gem | Texas blue topaz | 1969 |
| Gemstone cut | Lone Star Cut | |
| Grass | Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) | 1971 |
| Handgun | Colt Walker | 2021 |
| Insect | Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) | 1995 |
| Music | Western swing | |
| Musical instrument | Acoustic guitar | |
| 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 | |
| Reptile | Texas horned lizard (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) | |
| Shrub | Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) | |
| Shrub (native) | Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) | |
| Slogan | "The Friendly State" | 1930 |
| Snack | Tortilla chips and salsa | 1995 |
| Sport | Rodeo | 1997 |
| Stone | Petrified palmwood | |
| Tartan | Texas Bluebonnet Tartan | May 25, 1989 |
| Pastry | Strudel and sopaipilla | 2003-2005 |
| Vegetable | Texas sweet onion | 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.
Updated on June 15, 2007 to:
   Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.

## Ships

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)