PLANTS Profile for Linum lewisii var. lewisii (prairie flax)

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PLANTS Profile

Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii
prairie flax

Symbol:

LILEL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

Adenolinum lewisii

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

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Synonyms:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

	ADLE	Adenolinum lewisii (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	LIPEL3	Linum perenne L. ssp. lewisii (Pursh) Hultén
	LIPEL2	Linum perenne L. var. lewisii (Pursh) Eaton & J. Wright

Distribution:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii


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USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, LA, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum, 3 varieties in Linum lewisii Pursh

Classification:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Linales
Family	Linaceae – Flax family
Genus	Linum L. – flax
Species	Linum lewisii Pursh – Lewis flax
Variety	Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii – prairie flax

More Accounts and Images:
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528819.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 09:55 PM CDT