''Hesperolinon disjunctum'' is a species of flowering plant in the flax family known by the common name Coast Range dwarf flax. It is

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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, where it has a disjunct distribution along the North and Central Coast Ranges. It is a plant of serpentine soils in chaparral habitat.

Description

This is an annual herb producing an erect stem up to 30 centimeters tall, somewhat thick and tough at the base. The glandular leaves are linear in shape and are alternately arranged along the stem. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

is a wide open cyme of flowers, each flower with glandular

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coine ...

s and pink-veined white petals about half a centimeter long. The protruding stamens are tipped with pink anthers. It flowers from April to July.

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Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
disjunctum Endemic flora of California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Malpighiales-stub