Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
Blue Flax. 
		
Linum lewisii. 
		
Flax (Linaceae) family.
	
	 
		
			 The flowers are up to 2 inches (5 cm) across and homostylous (styles of all the same length) and have 5 broad, fan-shaped petals, styles longer than the stamens, 5 arrowhead-shaped anthers, and 5 spherical stigmas. The leaves are single-veined and linear to lanceolate in shape. 
				
				
Catalina Mountains
				
Location: Box Camp Trail at trail head.
				
4/29/15
				
				
Notes: Sunset Trailhead 6/12/19.
				
						
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