Flowering Flax *

Linum grandiflorum

Family: Linaceae (FLAX).
Other common names: garden flax.
Generic common name: FLAX.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, May 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Waif. A cultivar likely deliberately spread from a commercial "wildflower" seed packets.