Lewis's flax – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-29T04:11:01-06:00December 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue Elderberry, Box Elder County, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflowers, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, East Canyon, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Gray’s Biscuitroot, Hound’s Tongue, Lewis’s Flax, Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, White Water Crowfoot, Wood's Rose|Tags: Aster, Beardtongue, blooming, blooms, Blue Elderberry, Blue Flax, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflower, Curlycup Gumweed, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, flowers, Gray's Biscuitroot, Houndstongue, Lewis's flax, Longleaf Phlox, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Penstemon, Prickly Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geranium, Utah Serviceberry, Western Chokecherry, White Water-crowfoot, wildflower, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. Birds are my primary subjects yet I simply can't resist focusing on wildflowers.

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Lewis’s Flax – Feeling The Blues

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-04T04:50:15-05:00July 4th, 2022|Categories: Lewis’s Flax, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossoms, Blue Flax, blue wildflowers, canyon, close up, flowering, hillside, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, mountains, mountainside, native, perennial, Prairie Flax, summer, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

While I was up in the Wasatch Mountains last week I saw several clumps of blooming Lewis's Flax and I stopped to take a few photos of these lovely wildflowers.

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Happy Mother’s Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-08T05:18:23-05:00May 8th, 2022|Categories: Lewis’s Flax, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossom, Blue Flax, blue wildflowers, desert, foothills, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Mother's Day, mountains, native, spring, wildlfowers|

I wanted to wish all moms a Happy Mother's Day with a wildflower that I see blooming at this time of year in northern Utah. This is a blooming Lewis's Flax.

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Blooming Lewis’s Flax

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-26T09:49:15-05:00June 6th, 2021|Categories: Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: bee, beetle, blooming, blooms, blue wildflowers, desert, drought, flax, flowering, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, mountains, prolonged drought conditions, sky island mountains, wildflowers|

I wanted to follow my post about a blue bird with blue wildflowers so here are some photos I took last week of Lewis’s Flax which are also known as Wild Blue Flax.

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Dreaming Of Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-27T06:26:11-05:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Bearberry honeysuckle, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blue wildflowers, Bluebells, flora, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Lonicera involucrata, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, Prairie Flax, shade, shrub, spring, Twinberry honeysuckle, Wild Blue Flax, wildflower, wildflowers, wildlflowers|

My dreams were filled with blooming wildflowers and me taking photos of them in the field so it seemed appropriate to share a few wildflower photos this morning.

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Wildflower Season Has Started In Northern Utah – Lewis’s Flax

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-04T06:02:30-05:00May 14th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: blue wildflowers, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Prairie Flax, shade, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

Everywhere I go in the lower elevations of northern Utah I can see wildflowers blooming now.

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Blooming Lewis’s Flax in the Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T07:53:49-05:00June 10th, 2017|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: American Hoverfly, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Prairie Flax, Wild Blue Flax, wildflower, wildflowers|

One of my favorite wildflowers is Lewis's Flax, I love how the blossoms move in a breeze because it seems like they are dancing and their blue color is appealing to my eyes.

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Wild Blue Flax in the High Uintas

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T11:05:13-05:00April 27th, 2014|Categories: High Uintas, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: blooming, blooms, blue wildflowers, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewsii, mountains, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

I adore the delicacy of the Wild Blue Flax and the sage-green color of the foliage and how they move so gracefully in a breeze.

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Lewis’s flax