This very dainty flax is easily overlooked because its leaves and stems are so narrow and grass-like and because its copper-yellow flowers blend so with the soil. Once you have spotted one plant be sure to look around for many more within a radius of ten or twenty feet.
Although this is primarily a spring blooming annual, when moisture is right and fall weather is mild, seeds will germinate and plants will bloom into October and even November, but they will probably be quite diminutive, about two inches tall.
Be forewarned: the petals of this plant are so delicately attached that the least bump often causes them to fall.