Does anyone have an idea where it belongs? It grows at 10,000 ft/3000 m in Utah Rockies. I went through the Utah list and could not find even close match. Thanks
Probably a dwarfed Verbascum. Later: The habit photo didn't enlarge for me, now that I have seen that the flower photo does enlarge I have also seen that the plant is not a Verbascum.
Just a suggestion. Linum kingii. http://www.rmrp.com/Photo Pages/LL/Linum kingii v sedoides 100DPI.htm http://www.wildutah.us/h_flax_kingsyellow.html
Not Hibiscus which has stamens fused to the Style forming a staminal column. http://www.backyardnature.net/fl_stan_.htm
Thank you all! I agree with Linum kingii. I checked it before but something stopped me from exact matching to it. Most of pictures do not provide enough resolution and the doubt remains.
That's what happens when you try to go by photos only. You must often follow up with descriptions to achieve confirmation.
Oh, yes! That is what I am trying to do when I narrow search to a few close species. Unfortunately, in most cases the web does not have much description that would allow discrimination between species. And the Illustrated Flora of Pacific States by Leroy Abrams (1960) that I own is missing many species recognized now. So, going through lots of photos and checking with USDA and University lists is sometimes my only option. And I realize the danger of it: many people are doing the same and making lots of errors presenting pictures with wrong names. The site http://www.wildutah.us/h_flax_kingsyellow.html referred by Silver surfer, for example, contains at least three evident errors. The only hope is that the specialists will eventually find time and interest in web publishing their professional knowledge. The barcode program accepted recently will help a lot. Instead of going to the web and books, we could run small samples in our kitchen DNA sequencer and get the answer... :)) Thanks, Ron!
