| Family | LINACEAE |
| Genus species | Linum lewisii Pursh |
| Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 210 (1813) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-3700m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves 1-2cm, linear to lanceolate, flowers in raceme, pedicellate, sepals 4-6mm, ovate, petals 6-23mm |
| Size | 5-80cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Adenolinum lewisii (Pursh) Á.Löve & D. Löve Linum lewisii f. albiflorum (Cockerell) H.St.John Linum lyallanum Alef. Linum perenne f. albiflorum Cocekerell Linum perenne var. lewisii (Pursh) Eaton & C.Wright Linum perenne ssp. lewisii (Pursh) Hultén Linum sibiricum var. lewisii (Pursh) Lindl. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ARK Arkansas, LOU Louisiana) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |