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Linum floridanum
Florida yellow flax is a small native perennial wildflower of the southeastern US and the Caribbean, with erect multi-stemmed growth and yellow five-petaled flowers. It suits sunny, well-drained sites and is mainly grown in gardens for native plantings.
Linum floridanum, known commonly as Florida yellow flax or yellow-fruited yellow flax, is a species of flowering perennial native to North America. There are two variations of this species: L. floridanum var. chrysocarpum and L. floridanum var. floridanum. The range of both variations reaches from the southeastern region of North Carolina to Florida and westward to southern Mississippi. Outside of this range, L. floridanum var. floridanum may additionally be found in the West Indies and Louisiana.
L. floridanum reaches a height between 3 and 8 decimeters (approximately 0.98 to 2.62 feet), possessing multiple stems that stand erect. The leaves are most commonly alternately arranged, but may be opposite in some cases, and reach a length between 0.8 and 2.5 centimeters. The flowers possess five petals, 4 to 8 millimeters in length and yellow in color. The seeds produced by L.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
