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Blue Flax
Linum lewisii
33.3761, -96.473
Field Notes
Description:
A perennial tufted plant, with slender, leafy stems, that bears loose, much-branched clusters of large, delicate, sky blue flowers that bloom all summer. The flowers, funnel-shaped when they open in the morning, flatten as the day progresses and are dropped the following day. Height: 1-2.5 ft (0.3-0.8 m).
Habitat:
Dry prairie.
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Notes:
Blue Flax was discovered by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the late 1700's, hence the species was named "lewisii".
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Linum lewisii
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PublishedApril 23, 2013
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