Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)

Prairie Flax (Linum lewisii) usually carries delicate powder-blue flowers on nodding stalks. However, the flowers are sometimes white or lavender. It is a perennial, blooming in summer over a long period. The needle-like leaves make a fine, lacy contrast with the wider blooms. It grows fast to one to one and a half feet tall. Description from Calscape.

Grower: Nature's Seed

Other Names Used: Lewis' flax, Prairie flax, Western blue flax

Family: Linaceae

Life Cycle: Perennial

Plant Type: Herb

Sun Exposure: Full

Bloom Period: Spring, Summer (March to August)

Bloom Color(s): Light Blue

Plant Height: 2-3 feet tall

Plant Width: 1-2 feet wide

California Regions:

• San Francisco Bay Area
• North Coast
• Central Valley
• Sierra Foothills
• Sierra Nevada
• Central California Coast
• Southern Coast
• Southern California Inland
• Desert

Ecological Benefits:

• Drought Tolerant
  
• Deer Resistant
• Attracts pollinators, birds, wildlife, bats
  

Ecological Functions:

• Groundcover

Habitat Type:

• Yellow Pine Forest
• Red Fir Forest
• Lodgepole Pine Forest
• Subalpine Forest
• Foothill Woodland 
• Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Human Uses/Cautions: Seeds edible

Skill Level: Beginner

Seed Pretreatment: None