Linum tenuifoliumL. - Mountain Flax
Scientific Description:
Suffrutescent perennial. Stems erect, 15–50 cm, branching into lax cymes. Leaves linear, 10–20 × 0.5–1 mm, stiff, very acute, stoutly 1-nerved, scabrid-armed, conferted and subtriquetrous below. Sepals 6–7 mm, ovate, tapering into a long point, margined by stalked glands, strongly 1-nerved. Petals 12–15 mm, lilac, pink or white. Stigmas capitate. Capsule 4 mm.
Flowering time: June.
Habitat: Calcareous slopes and screes, steppe, bushy slopes and open pine forest, 200–1700(–2500) m.
Reference:
Davis PH (1967). Linum tenuifolium L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 444.
Public Description:
Linum tenuifolium, common name “mountain flax”, distributed in South and West Europe, Southern Russia, Caucasica, Türkiye and Northwestern Iran. It is a perennial herb reaches up to 40 cm with white to blue-pale lilac and even pinkish flowers. Its blooming in June and it is found in calcareous slopes and screes, steppe, bushy slopes and open pine forest.
References:
Anonymous (2017). http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Linum/tenuifolium /, Accessed date: 06.04.2017.
Ekim T (2012). Linum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 612–615.