PLANTS Profile for Linum grandiflorum (flowering flax)

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PLANTS Profile

Linum grandiflorum Desf.
flowering flax

Symbol:

LIGR4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	red flax
	scarlet flax

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Linum grandiflorum Desf.

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Synonyms:
Linum grandiflorum Desf.

	ADGR	Adenolinum grandiflorum (Desf.) W.A. Weber
	LIGRR2	Linum grandiflorum Desf. var. rubrum hort.

Distribution:
Linum grandiflorum Desf.


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USA (CA, CO, FL, KY, NE, NY, OH, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Linum grandiflorum Desf.

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum

Classification:
Linum grandiflorum Desf.

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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 grandiflorum Desf. – flowering flax

Introduced Information:
Linum grandiflorum Desf.

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 grandiflorum Desf.

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 29209.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 06:27 PM CDT