Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum curtissii
FAMILY
Linaceae
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Read more about Texas Yellow Flax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum medium var. texanum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linum medium var. texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Linum medium var. texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Linum medium var. texanum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004b:
Linum virginianum var. medium FAMILY Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum medium
COMMON NAME:
Texas Yellow Flax, Stiff Yellow Flax, Spreading Flax, Texas Flax
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_linum_medium_texanum2
June Dare County NC
The flowering branches are spread widely, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum curtissii
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum medium var. texanum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linum medium var. texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Linum medium var. texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Linum medium var. texanum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004b:
Linum virginianum var. medium
FAMILY
Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum medium
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