Drymary dwarf flax facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Drymary dwarf flax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Linaceae
Genus:	Hesperolinon
Species:	H. drymarioides
Binomial name
Hesperolinon drymarioides (Curran) Small
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The Drymary Dwarf Flax (Hesperolinon drymarioides) is a very rare flowering plant. It belongs to the flax family. This plant is special because it only grows in California. It is mostly found in the central North Coast Range. Most sightings have been in Lake County.

Discovering the Drymary Dwarf Flax

The Drymary Dwarf Flax is a small, rare plant. It is named drymarioides because it looks a bit like plants from the Drymaria genus. It is an endemic species. This means it naturally lives only in one specific area. For the Drymary Dwarf Flax, that area is California.

A Rare California Native

This plant is found in the central inland North Coast Range. Most of the places where it has been seen are in Lake County. It likes to grow in special soils called serpentine soils. These soils are found in chaparral and woodland areas. Chaparral is a type of shrubland. Woodlands have many trees.

What Does This Tiny Plant Look Like?

The Drymary Dwarf Flax is a small annual herb. This means it lives for only one growing season. It grows a thin, branching brown stem. This stem can grow low to the ground or stand up to about 20 centimeters (about 8 inches) tall.

Its leaves are dark reddish-green. They have many tiny, sticky hairs called glandular hairs. The leaves grow in groups of four, like a circle, on the lower part of the stem.

The Flowers of Drymary Dwarf Flax

The flowers of this plant are quite pretty. They have light pink veins on white petals. The whole flower, called a corolla, is about one centimeter (less than half an inch) across. Inside the flower, you can see parts called stamens sticking out. These stamens hold large yellow or purplish-white parts called anthers.