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English: Wild blue flax
Photographer
English: NPS
Title
English: Wild blue flax
Description
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Blue flower

Wild blue flax or Lewis' flax (Linum lewisii) was named after Meriwether Lewis who recognized its relationship to cultivated flax. He wondered about its value as a fiber plant. Indeed, indigenous peoples did make cordage from its stems

  • Keywords: flora
Depicted place
English: Devils Tower National Monument, Crook County, Wyoming
Date Taken on 18 May 2013
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b8055199-117b-47a5-94b8-111cad3c9856
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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English: Michael Wheeler; NPS
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
DETO
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English: Wildflowers of Devils Tower

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