{"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
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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":"

Everywhere I go in the lower elevations of northern Utah I can see wildflowers blooming now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731,26,773,5347],"tags":[7155,2523,5913,2559,5912,7154,2521,4307],"class_list":["post-57799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-blue-wildflowers","tag-lewis-flax","tag-lewiss-flax","tag-linum-lewisii","tag-prairie-flax","tag-shade","tag-wild-blue-flax","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lewiss-flax-blooms-mia-mcpherson-4589.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-f2f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47223,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/06\/10\/blooming-lewiss-flax-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":57799,"position":0},"title":"Blooming Lewis’s Flax in the Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Hoverflies"","block_context":{"text":"Hoverflies","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife\/hoverflies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bird Hoverfly on Lewis's Flax, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wild-blue-flax-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-7719.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wild-blue-flax-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-7719.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wild-blue-flax-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-7719.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wild-blue-flax-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-7719.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":103847,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/04\/lewiss-flax-feeling-the-blues\/","url_meta":{"origin":57799,"position":1},"title":"Lewis’s Flax – Feeling The Blues","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Lewis\u2019s Flax"","block_context":{"text":"Lewis\u2019s Flax","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/trees-shrubs-and-flowers\/wildflowers\/lewiss-flax\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lewis's Flax blossoms, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lewiss-flax-bloom-mia-mcpherson-2364.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lewiss-flax-bloom-mia-mcpherson-2364.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lewiss-flax-bloom-mia-mcpherson-2364.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lewiss-flax-bloom-mia-mcpherson-2364.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102220,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/05\/08\/happy-mothers-day-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":57799,"position":2},"title":"Happy Mother’s Day 2022","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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