Linum lewisii

Wild Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) Location: Windy Saddle Park, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA From late spring until the end of summer, this wildflower can be found along roadsides and in meadows in much of the western United States. The flowers are short-lived. They bloom just after dawn, and drop their petals later in the day. Fortunately, the blossoms are replaced each day throughout the season. The species name honors Capt. Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He is said to…

Linum lewisii (Prairie Flax) is a showy perennial forming tufts of spirally arranged, narrow blue-green leaves. It smothers itself in pale blue saucer-shaped flowers, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), veined in darker blue. Blooming for weeks from late spring to midsummer, the flowers open in the morning and last for only one day, but the plant flowers profusely, making up for the short bloom time. They are borne atop wiry stems, which are leafy when the plant is young, gradually losing most of their…

https://flic.kr/p/87wCSb | Blue Flax Flower - Linum lewisii | Blue flax - Linum lewisii is native from Alaska to southern California. Extremely cold hardy plant. Slender, graceful plant with lovely pale blue flowers April through September. Leaves are alternate, without stalks, pale green, and spearhead shaped. Flax is especially grown in herb and flower gardens as an ornamental, particularly in borders, since the plant grows only a couple of feet tall and is in bloom for a long period…

Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)

Linum lewisii is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River.

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Linum lewisii var. lewisii (Adenolinum lewisii) - Blue flax - Flax Family - (Linaceae) - Early and Summer - Colorado Wildflower - On warm, sunny days, most flowers will drop their petals by early afternoon. On cloudy days, flowers may last until quite late in the afternoon. In open woods, plants can be few and slender; in sunny meadows, plants can be numerous and robust. Weeks after the plants flower, dozens of buff colored round seed capsules follow.

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Linum lewisii (Blue Flax)

Linum lewisii - Blue Flax

wild native seed on Instagram: “Native Wild Blue flax, Linum lewisii, also goes by the names of Lewis Flax and Prairie Flax. These reliable true blue flowers last only one…”

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Wild Flax - Blue Saphyr (Sapphire) Wildflower - PS to Full Sun 8" H (12-18") Linum lewisii Pursh - Linaceae (Flax Family) - Wild blue flax, Prairie flax, Lewis flax ---- Sun, DT, Sand, BT 3-9

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