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Flax Family

Linum selaginoides

Also called Flax

Flax Family
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0
Family
Linaceae (Lin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Bolivia to Brazil and S. South America
Climate
subtropical

About

Linum selaginoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae. It is a perennial herb native to South America. In Chile, it is locally known as merulahuén and it is distributed from the Valparaiso to the Los Rios regions.

Other Linum plants

Linum alpinum · Tree Flax · Sand flax · Asian flax · Pale flax · Linum campanulatum · Linum cariense · Fairy flax · Linum chamissonis · Floreana flax · Linum decumbens · Dolomite Flax

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linum selaginoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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