PLANTS Profile for Linum puberulum (plains flax)

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PLANTS Profile

Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller
plains flax

Symbol:

LIPU4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

Mesynium puberulum

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

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Synonyms:
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

	CAPU29	Cathartolinum puberulum (Engelm.) Small
	LIRIP2	Linum rigidum Pursh var. puberulum Engelm.
	MEPU9	Mesynium puberulum (Engelm.) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, NE, NM, NV, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum

Classification:
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

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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 puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller – plains flax

More Accounts and Images:
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29219.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:25 PM CDT