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Linum (flax) with Attributes

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Wikipedia Abstract

Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax (L. usitatissimum), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil. The flowers of most species are blue or yellow, rarely red, white, or pink, and some are heterostylous. There is an average of 6 to 10 seeds per boll.
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Species

Linum alatum (winged flax) (Attributes)
Linum arenicola (sand flax) (Attributes)
Linum aristatum (bristle flax) (Attributes)
Linum australe (southern flax) (Attributes)
Linum austriacum (Asian flax) (Attributes)
Linum berlandieri (Berlandier's yellow flax) (Attributes)
Linum bienne (pale flax) (Attributes)
Linum carteri (Carter's flax) (Attributes)
Linum catharticum (fairy flax) (Attributes)
Linum compactum (Wyoming flax) (Attributes)
Linum elongatum (Laredo flax) (Attributes)
Linum floridanum (Florida yellow flax) (Attributes)
Linum grandiflorum (flowering flax) (Attributes)
Linum hudsonioides (Texas flax) (Attributes)
Linum imbricatum (toothed flax) (Attributes)
Linum intercursum (sandplain flax) (Attributes)
Linum kingii (King's flax) (Attributes)
Linum lewisii (blue flax) (Attributes)
Linum lundellii (Sullivan City flax) (Attributes)
Linum macrocarpum (Spring Hill flax) (Attributes)
Linum medium (stiff yellow flax) (Attributes)
Linum mysorense (common flax) (Attributes)
Linum neomexicanum (New Mexico yellow flax) (Attributes)
Linum perenne (blue flax) (Attributes)
Linum pratense (blue flax) (Attributes)
Linum puberulum (desert flax) (Attributes)
Linum rigidum (orange flax) (Attributes)
Linum rupestre (rock flax) (Attributes)
Linum schiedeanum (Schied's flax) (Attributes)
Linum striatum (ridged yellow flax) (Attributes)
Linum strictum (Attributes)
Linum subteres (slenderfoot flax) (Attributes)
Linum suffruticosum (Attributes)
Linum sulcatum (grooved flax) (Attributes)
Linum vernale (Chihuahuan flax) (Attributes)
Linum virginianum (woodland flax) (Attributes)
Linum westii (West's flax) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0