Blue Flax

Linum lewisii

Linum lewisii

Color: Pale blue to lavender or white

Common name: Blue Flax, Lewis Flax

Latin name: Linum lewisii

Family: LINACEAE

Height: 2 feet

Description: The flowers are 1.5–3 cm diameter, with five petals on a smooth stem. The 4–6 mm sepals are egg-shaped.

Linum lewisii

Leaf: The 1–2 cm long blue-green needlelike leaves are spirally arranged.

Range: Desert, California Floristic Province, n East of Sierra Nevada, White and Inyo Mountains

Habitat: Dry open ridges, slopes

Elevation: 400–3000 m.

Flowering time: May-Sept

Notes: Linum lewisii is extremely durable, even aggressive, in favorable conditions, successfully seeding even into established lawns. The plant, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. This photo was taken on May 7, 2005 in the New York Mountains in the Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California.

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