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Field Notes

Description:

it's about 1-2 feet tall, herbaceous. petals of flower fall off easily.

Habitat:

coastal prairie. grasslands near scotts valley high school.

Species ID Suggestions

Pale Flax

Linum bienne

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ScottRasmussen
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ScottRasmussen
Looks like it's an introduced flax. Flax flowers commonly shed their petals easily, which, along with the 5 petals and spindly growth, are good field marks.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2011

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