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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-001:

Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Linum usitatissimum

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Flax, Cultivated Flax, Linaza


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image of Linum usitatissimum, Common Flax, Cultivated Flax, Linaza

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lius_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-001:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Linum usitatissimum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4931

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Roadsides, other disturbed places, not long persisting after agricultural use, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Light blue
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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