PLANTS Profile for Linum rigidum (stiffstem flax)

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PLANTS Profile

Linum rigidum Pursh
stiffstem flax

Symbol:

LIRI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Linum rigidum Pursh

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Distribution:
Linum rigidum Pursh


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USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Linum rigidum Pursh

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Linum rigidum Pursh var. rigidum. . Image Available.

Linum rigidum var. rigidum
stiffstem flax

Distribution of Linum rigidum Pursh var. simulans C.M. Rogers. .

Linum rigidum var. simulans
stiffstem flax

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Linum rigidum Pursh

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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 rigidum Pursh – stiffstem flax

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Linum rigidum Pursh

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Linum rigidum Pursh

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29220.

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

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:50 PM CDT