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Plains Flax
( Linum puberulum )
Linum puberulum
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About Plains Flax (Linum puberulum)
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Linum puberulum
is a species of flax known by the common name plains flax. It is native to the western and midwestern United States from California to Nebraska to Texas, where it grows in dry, open habitat including desert, semi-desert, hills and low mountains. It is a downy-haired perennial herb producing an erect, branching stem lined with glandular linear leaves up to about 1 centimeter long. The inflorescence is a wide open cyme of golden yellow to yellow-orange flowers each with five petals 1 to 1. 5 centimeters in length. The fruit is a capsule about 4 millimeters wide. The Zuni people squeeze the berry juice into the eye for inflammation.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Flower Color
Yellow, Orange
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 2
likely
* )
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Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Euptoieta claudia
*
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Autographa californica
*
Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea
Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 7.2" - 13.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.33" - 2.90", Coldest Month: 42.4" - 52.0", Hottest Month: 66.8" - 79.3", Humidity: 2.78" - 26.19", Elevation: 1075" - 5917"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Hairy Flax
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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