Details for: Ames 27614, Linum lewisii Pursh, 'Maple Grove'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Linum lewisii Pursh
Cultivar:
'Maple Grove'
Origin:
Collected – Utah, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countAmes 27614 07ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Linum lewisii Pursh
Cultivar:
'Maple Grove'
Origin:
Collected – Utah, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Sep 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
1988.
Utah, United States
Locality: Approximately 1.1 miles northeast of Maple Grove Campground, Fish Lake National Forest, Millard County.
Elevation: 1910m.
Environment description: Alluvial fan. Northeast aspect, 10-15% slope, extending from the east side of the Pahvant Range. Deep, well drained, loam soils with variable amounts of gravel and cobble. Average annual precipitation is estimated to be 13 to 14 inches. Associated with bluebunch wheatgrass, Gambel oak, gooseberry-leaf globemallow, mountain big sagebrush, mountain buckwheat, muttongrass, needle-and-thread grass, and western wheatgrass.

Collector(s):
Donated
05 August 2004.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):
29 September 2004.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Maple Grove'
Type: Cultivar name
USDA, NRCS

9076423
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA, NRCS

Ames 27614
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

SG3-03-3
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: NRCS
Lot number.
USDA, NRCS

Narrative
Short-lived (5-7 years) perennial forb with few to many ascending stems arising from a woody caudex. Stems are usually unbranched below with alternately spaced linear to oblong sessile leaves, 4 to 30 mm long distributed throughout. Herbage is glabrous and somewhat glaucous. Perfect flowers are borne in showy cymose clusters on most to all stems. Normal flowers have five petals, sepals, stamens, stigmas, and carpels. Petals vary in length from 12 to 25 mm and in color from deep blue to white. Flowering begins mid-May and lasts for 4 to 6 weeks. New flowers open early in the day and petals are shed within 24 hours of opening. Fruits ripen early July to mid August. The fruit is a 10-celled round to ovoid capsule, 6 to 8 mm long, which opens along intercell sutures at maturity. The small, flattened dark brown seeds average 360 to 530 per gram and become mucilaginous when wet. The plant has a prominent tap root and is not rhizomatous. Mature plants are generally 75 to 90 cm tall under cultivation and 30 to 50 cm tall under natural conditions. Selected from a series of field and greenhouse trials conducted from 1989 to 1993 comparing 19 collections assembled from Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Colorado, and South Dakota, in comparison with 'Appar' blue flax. Containerized stock from G0 seed was planted in a randomized block design near Orchard, Idaho and Nephi, Utah in 1989. Survival and vigor at the two sites were evaluated for 2 and 4 years, respectively. Seed production and rust resistance were evaluated at the Nephi site in 1990 and 1991. Greenhouse trials assessing emergence and survival from deep plantings were also established in 1991 to evaluate seedling vigor. Stand establishment and seed production in drill rows was evaluated for Maple Grove in comparison to 'Appar' blue flax at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Great Basin Research Center, Ephraim, Utah and USDA, NRCS, Aberdeen Plant Material Center, Aberdeen, Idaho from 2001 to 2003. Maple Grove was selected for release over other accessions based upon drought tolerance, plant longevity, seedling vigor, seed production, and rust resistance. Anticipated uses will include biodiversity enhancement of restoration and reclamation plantings, wildlife habitat improvement, erosion control, and beautification within its zone of adaptation in the intermountain west. It is anticipated that the release will have primary application in restoration seed mixes developed by government and private entities requiring a component of native forbs. Limited horticultural use is also expected including revegetation of highway right-of-ways. Best adapted to sites with well-drained to moderately well-drained soils receiving 300 to 400 mm annual precipitation. It is not shade tolerant and has therefore limited application in closed woodland and forested types. Response to variation in soil pH is unknown.
Linum lewisii Pursh
Genus:
Linum
Family:
Linaceae
Subfamily:
Linoideae
Nomen number:

22342
Place of publication:

Fl. Amer. sept. 1:210. 1813
Comment:
for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008
Verified:
05/08/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Linum lewisii Pursh var. alpicola Jeps. (0 active accession[s])
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lepagei (B. Boivin) C. M. Rogers (0 active accession[s])
Linum lewisii Pursh var. lewisii (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishLewis's flax  1Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. Note: mentions
Englishprairie flax  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishwild blue flax  1Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTPlant height in inches23.110FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2007Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTPlant height in inches37.510FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYANTHER COLOR INTENSITYPigmentation intensity (coded)3 - MEDIUM5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYANTHER COLORColor (coded)3 - YELLOW5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFILAMENT COLOR INTENSITYPigmentation intensity (coded)5 - VERY DARK5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFILAMENT COLORColor (coded)4 - BLUE5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSTYLE COLOR INTENSITYPigmentation intensity (coded)2 - LIGHT5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSTYLE COLORColor (coded)4 - BLUE5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSTIGMA COLOR INTENSITYPigmentation intensity (coded)2 - LIGHT5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSTIGMA COLORColor (coded)3 - YELLOW5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPETAL COLOR INTENSITYPigmentation intensity (coded)3 - MEDIUM5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPETAL COLORColor (coded)5 - LAVENDER (REDDISH BLUE)5FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPETAL WIDTHPetal width in millimeters (mm)175FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 04ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSEED WEIGHTGrams per 1000 seeds2 FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2006Ames 27614 06ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSEED WEIGHTGrams per 1000 seeds2 FLAX.WILD.INC.AMES.2007Ames 27614 07ncai01 SD