Linum lewisii (Western Blue Flax)

 7/10/07 Virginia Lakes Road, Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/3/05 County Road 73 to Big Sage Reservoir, Devil's Garden Natural Area,

Modoc County, CA

 7/3/05 Devil's Garden Natural Area

10/20/02 Rainbow Trail, Taylor Visitor Center, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Western Blue Flax

SPECIES: Linum lewisii

FAMILY: Linaceae (Flax Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 10/20/2002

LOCATION: Rainbow Trail, Taylor Visitor Center, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial

Stem glabrous

Leaf 10–20 mm, linear to lanceolate, glabrous

Inflorescence: pedicels 10–30 mm

Flower: sepals 4–6 mm, ovate; petals 6–15 mm, blue, sometimes white; styles free, stigmas ± spheric

Fruit 5–8 mm

Seed 3.5–4.5 mm

Ecology: Dry open ridges, slopes

Elevation: 400–3000 m.  

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

Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Rocky Mtns, Texas, Mexico