Blue Flax is a wildflower native to roughly ¾ of western North America that was first noted during the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-1807. Prior to its ‘’discovery,’’ Blue Flax had been used for a long time by First Nations tribes for culinary purposes and for the fibre to make baskets and ropes, amongst other things. Linum Lewisii are in the same family as their domesticated cousins ‘’perrene,’’ but have never really been cultivated on a large scale commercially.