Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.21.__
Hesperolinon micranthum
English: Smallflower dwarf flax.
Region: west coast of North America, Oregon, Baja California, Nevada.
Habitat: open; on serpentine soils.
Botany
Spindly annual herb
Stem: very thin; 5 to 20 centimetershigh.
Leaves: small, sparse, linear
Flowers: tiny, white or pink-veined white; petals 5, ± 3 mm long; stamens protruding; anthers white or purple.