Garden blue flax |
Garden blue flax |
Linum perenne |
Flax Family - Linaceae |
Garden and wild blue flax (Linum lewisii) have similar features. Clusters of blue flowers on a leafy stems about 1 to 2 feet
high. Flowers are five-petalled, about 1 inch in diameter, with five short
sepals, which are unfringed. Many narrow, alternate and entire leaves, each about
� to 1 inch long. (Photographed at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden - July 24, 2002) |
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