PLANTS Profile for Linum kingii (King's flax)

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PLANTS Profile

Linum kingii S. Watson
King's flax

Symbol:

LIKI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Linum kingii S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Linum kingii S. Watson

	CAKI2	Cathartolinum kingii (S. Watson) Small
	CASE25	Cathartolinum sedoides (Porter) Small
	LIKIP	Linum kingii S. Watson var. pinetorum M.E. Jones
	LIKIS2	Linum kingii S. Watson var. sedoides Porter
	MEKI2	Mesyniopsis kingii (S. Watson) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Linum kingii S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Linum kingii S. Watson

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum

Classification:
Linum kingii S. Watson

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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 kingii S. Watson – King's flax

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Linum kingii S. Watson

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29213.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 08:38 AM CDT