Linum trigynumL. French Flax

Linum trigynumL. - French Flax

Scientific Description:

Slender 7−35 cm annual. Leaves alternate, linear, smooth, 1−1.5(−2) cm. Cyme delicate, lax, flowers often shortly pedicellate. Sepals ovate, narrowly acuminate, glandular-margined, 2.5−3.5 mm. Petals 3.5−4.5 mm, coherent, yellow. Capsule 2 mm.

Flowering time: April−May.

Habitat: Scrub and open grassy places, s.l.−750 m.

Reference:

Davis PH (1967). Linum trigynum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 436.

Public Description:

Linum trigynum, known as “French flax”, is native to Türkiye, Southern Europe, North Africa, Western Syria, Cyprus, and Northern Iran. It is a slender annual plant with yellow flowers, and grows up to 35 cm in length. It blooms between April and May and is found in scrub and open grassy places.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=2171/, Accessed date: 27.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Linum~trigynum/, Accessed date: 27.02.2016.

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.