Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
None
Linum usitatissimum is an exotic flax with linear instead of capitate stigmas. The inner sepals are ciliate. Linum usitatissimum is found in disturbed areas at lower elevation in the Gila. This particular plant was in beautiful bloom with bright blue flowers in the afternoon, but when I came back to photograph it just a couple of hours later, the flowers had already all closed.
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Linum usitatissimum, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the 2012 WNMU Range Veg class, September 27, 2012
Linum usitatissimum, folded up flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the 2012 WNMU Range Veg class, September 27, 2012
Linum usitatissimum, leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the 2012 WNMU Range Veg class, September 27, 2012
Linum usitatissimum, flower dissected showing linear stigmas, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the 2012 WNMU Range Veg class, September 27, 2012
Linum usitatissimum, ciliate inner sepals, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & the 2012 WNMU Range Veg class, September 27, 2012
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