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Linum usitatissimum L.
common flax

       
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Photo of Linum usitatissimum L.
Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Linum usitatissimum L.

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Synonyms:
Linum usitatissimum L.

  LIHU3 Linum humile Mill.
  LIUSH Linum usitatissimum L. var. humile (Mill.) Pers.
 

Distribution:
Linum usitatissimum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Linum usitatissimum L.

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum
 

Classification:
Linum usitatissimum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Linales
Family Linaceae – Flax family
Genus Linum L. – flax
Species Linum usitatissimum L. – common flax
 

Introduced Information:
Linum usitatissimum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Linum usitatissimum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29226.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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