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|accepted_name=Hesperolinon bicarpellatum
|accepted_authority=(H. Sharsmith) H. Sharsmith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot.
|place=32: 297. 1961
|year=1961
}}
|common_names=Two-carpellate western or dwarf flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Linum bicarpellatum
|authority=H. Sharsmith
|publication_title=Madroño
|publication_place=8: 143. 1945
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Hesperolinon;Hesperolinon bicarpellatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hesperolinon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hesperolinon bicarpellatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 396, 399
|treatment_page=page 398
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 10–30(–70) cm, puberulent on stems immediately distal to nodes, otherwise glabrous; branches usually alternate from distal nodes on short main axis, sometimes whorled from basal nodes, widely spreading. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipular glands present at proximal nodes, usually absent distally; blade threadlike to linear, 15–20(–30) × 1–1.5 mm, base flat, not clasping, margins without stalked glands. <b>Inflorescences</b>: cymes dichasial, open, internodes long, flowers widely scattered; bract margins without prominent glands. <b>Pedicels</b> (2–)10–12 mm, to 40 mm in fruit, spreading at 45–90° angle, not or only slightly bent at apex. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals all or outer 2 spreading, not reflexed at tip, lanceolate, 1.5–2(–3) mm, ± equal, marginal glands minute or absent, surfaces glabrous; petals horizontally widely spreading, bright yellow fading white, tinged with orange or red along veins, oblanceolate to obovate, (2–)3–4 mm, apex acute or apiculate; cup yellow, rim lobed between filaments and petal attachments; stamens exserted; filaments 2–3(–3.5) mm; anthers yellow, dehisced anthers 1.2–1.5 mm; ovary chambers 4; styles 2(–3), yellow, 2–3.5 mm, exserted. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, chaparral in Pinus sabiniana belt, serpentine soils.
|elevation=60–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Hesperolinon bicarpellatum</i> grows in the southern part of the Inner North Coast Ranges of Lake and Napa counties. Plants in the northern part of its range consistently have two carpels; those in the southern part occasionally may also have three carpels, and sometimes both conditions occur on one plant.</p>
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name=Hesperolinon bicarpellatum
|author=
|authority=(H. Sharsmith) H. Sharsmith
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Linum bicarpellatum
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, chaparral in Pinus sabiniana belt, serpentine soils.
|elevation=60–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot.
|publication year=1961
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Hesperolinon
|species=Hesperolinon bicarpellatum
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