Glandular Dwarf Flax

Hesperolinon adenophyllum (A. Gray) Small
Linum adenophyllum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8 : 624. 1873.
Plants 0.5-3 dm. tall, the stem simple at the base, repeatedly forked above, purplish, especially below, minutely pubescent especially above the nodes, or glabrate ; leaves numerous, the blades lanceolate to linear, 5-30 mm. long, closely and conspicuously glandular-toothed, somewhat acuminate, involutely folded, partly clasping ; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller ; pedicels slender, longer than the calyx at maturity ; outer sepals oblong-lanceolate to narrowly or linear-lanceolate, becoming 4-5 mm. long, very sparingly glandular-toothed, somewhat acuminate ; inner sepals usually slightly smaller than the outer ones and mostly with approximately the same number of teeth ; petals yellow, 4-6 mm. long; filaments filiform ; styles filiform ; capsules ovoid, about 2 mm. long, surpassed by the sepals.
Type locality : Clear Lake, California. Distribution : Northern California.