{"id":57799,"date":"2019-05-14T05:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57799"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:11:38","slug":"wildflower-season-has-started-in-northern-utah-lewiss-flax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/05\/14\/wildflower-season-has-started-in-northern-utah-lewiss-flax\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflower Season Has Started In Northern Utah – Lewis’s Flax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lewis'sLewis’s Flax in shade – Nikon D500, f14, 1\/640, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Everywhere I go in the lower elevations of northern Utah I can see wildflowers blooming now. The wildflowers excite me because prior to me becoming so passionate about photographing birds and before I had camera equipment capable of taking images of my feathered friends my passions involved photographing flowers.<\/p>\n

My point and shoot cameras were great with flowers and so is the gear I use for photographing birds.<\/p>\n

Not far from where I live I saw the first of the Lewis’s Flax blooming early last week and it made me think of the flax I photographed last year in the Wasatch Mountains.<\/p>\n

Wildflowers bloom a little later the higher you go in elevation. People also call Lewis’s Flax the names Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, and Lewis’ Blue Flax.<\/p>\n

It is not known if it was Meriwether Lewis or William Clark who collected the first specimen of this lovely blue wildflower but it was named after Lewis.<\/p>\n

I found some interesting information about this wildflower on the Montana.GOV<\/span><\/a> site that some of you may be interested in because it goes into detail about Lewis & Clark and how the plant got its name with some information about their expedition during the time period when they found this wildflower.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken last June in the Wasatch Mountains.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my wildflower photos along with shrubs and trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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