Linum lewisii Pursh
Publ. & Syn.Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 210 (1813). Holotype (PH): U.S.A.: "valleys of the Rocky Mts", 19. July 1806, leg. M. Lewis. - Linum perenne subsp. lewisii (Pursh) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n. s., sect. 2, 43, 1: 1122 (1947). - Adenolinon lewisii (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Taxon 31: 348 (1982).
NotesMosquin (1971) made a good case for recognition of two races of Linum lewisii: the widespread subsp. lewisii and a subsp. lepagei restricted to the shores of the Hudson and James bays. Both races reach the Arctic.
Chromosomes18 (2x). - Heitz (1968).
GeographyNorth American.
Parent taxonLinum L.
Child taxa Linum lewisii subsp. lepagei (B. Boivin) Mosquin
Linum lewisii subsp. lewisii
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