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French flax

Linum trigynum

Also called Slender Yellow Flax, Yellow Flax

French flax
Photo: Denis Barthel (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Linaceae (Lin family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Slovakia to Medit. and Caucasus, Macaronesia, NE. Trop. Africa, Arabian Pen.
Climate
temperate

About

Linum trigynum, the French flax, is a species of annual herb in the family Linaceae. It is native to Southern Europe, Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and some oceanic islands, such as Madeira, Canary Islands and Socotra. They have a self-supporting growth form. Individuals can grow to 0.18 m tall.

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 trigynum 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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