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Brewer's Dwarf Flax

Hesperolinon breweri (Gray) Small

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Hesperolinon breweri (A. Gray) Small
Linum Breweri A. Gray, Proc. Calif. Acad. 3: 102. 1864.
Plants 1-3.5 dm. tall, sparingly branched above, more or less glaucous; leaf-blades linear-filiform or almost filiform, 1-2 cm. long, entire, the stipular glands very prominent ; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller ; pedicels shorter than the sepals, at least during anthesis; flowers spreading; outer sepals oblong-ovate to lanceolate, becoming 3.5-4 nun. long, sparingly glandular-toothed ; inner sepals slightly smaller than the outer ones ; petals yellow, 5.5-7.5 mm. long ; capsules ovoid, about 2.5 mm. long, usually scarcely equaling the sepals.
T ii: Li ICALITY ; Diablo Range, near Marsh's Ranch, California. Distribution : Western middle California.
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John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Hesperolinon breweri

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Hesperolinon breweri is a rare species of flowering plant in the flax family known by the common names Brewer's dwarf flax and Brewer's western flax. It is endemic to California, where it is known from three counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is found in chaparral ecosystems, often on serpentine soils. This is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near centimeters. Its narrow, linear leaves are greenish to purplish in color. It produces dense inflorescences of flowers with glandular sepals and five bright yellow petals. The protruding stamens hold large orange-yellow anthers. This uncommon California endemic is threatened by development of its habitat but its current status is not known.

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Hesperolinon breweri: Brief Summary

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Hesperolinon breweri is a rare species of flowering plant in the flax family known by the common names Brewer's dwarf flax and Brewer's western flax. It is endemic to California, where it is known from three counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is found in chaparral ecosystems, often on serpentine soils. This is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near centimeters. Its narrow, linear leaves are greenish to purplish in color. It produces dense inflorescences of flowers with glandular sepals and five bright yellow petals. The protruding stamens hold large orange-yellow anthers. This uncommon California endemic is threatened by development of its habitat but its current status is not known.

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