Blue Flax Flower

by Iris Richardson

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Blue Flax Flower

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Iris Richardson

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Blue Flax Flower against a brown, red and green background. The blue flax has a striking blue color. The blossom is very delicate. The blue flax or linium lewisii is a perennial plant. Linum lewisii (Linum perenne var. lewisii) (Lewis flax, blue flax or prairie flax) is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River (USDA Plant Profile: Linum lewisii). According to Victorian interpretation, flax and its flowers symbolize the domestic front. It’s a flower that symbolizes the home.

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March 12th, 2018

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