The Blue Flax

The Blue Flax grows in north west Texas.  It looks like a light blue cone shapped flower with a yellow center.  The bloom period is may through september.  It can only survive one day.  It can grow up to 1-2 feet tall.  This flower was discovered by lewis and clark.  The word flax means fabric .  Its scientific name is Linum lew isii.

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