Flaxes
Linum
Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax (L. usitatissimum), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Linum
sectionLinum
Linopsis
sectionLinopsis
Rigida
subsectionRigida
Fairy Flax
speciesLinum catharticum
Virginiana
subsectionVirginiana
Dasylinum
sectionDasylinum
Linum rupestre
complexLinum rupestre
Grooved Yellow Flax
speciesLinum sulcatum
Half-mast Flax
speciesLinum africanum
King's Flax
speciesLinum kingii
Wild Flax
speciesLinum thunbergii
Linum macraei
speciesLinum macraei
New Mexico yellow flax
speciesLinum neomexicanum
Tufted Flax
speciesLinum imbricatum
Linum mysorense
speciesLinum mysorense
Linum schiedeanum
complexLinum schiedeanum
African Flax
speciesLinum aethiopicum
Linum scabrellum
speciesLinum scabrellum
digynum flax
speciesLinum digynum
Linum heterostylum
speciesLinum heterostylum
Linum oligophyllum
speciesLinum oligophyllum
Mini Flax
speciesLinum brevistylum
Linum acuticarpum
speciesLinum acuticarpum
Linum pringlei
speciesLinum pringlei
Fourleaf Flax
speciesLinum quadrifolium
Linum chamissonis
speciesLinum chamissonis
Linum ramosissimum
speciesLinum ramosissimum
Linum lasiocarpum
speciesLinum lasiocarpum
Linum burkartii
speciesLinum burkartii
Fringe Flax
speciesLinum thesioides
Linum scoparium
speciesLinum scoparium
Linum prostratum
speciesLinum prostratum
Linum carneum
speciesLinum carneum
Linum gracile
speciesLinum gracile
Linum gypsogenium
speciesLinum gypsogenium
Linum littorale
speciesLinum littorale
Linum cratericola
speciesLinum cratericola
Linum tenellum
speciesLinum tenellum
Linum marojejyense
speciesLinum marojejyense
Linum filiforme
speciesLinum filiforme
Linum pamphylicum
speciesLinum pamphylicum
Linum esterhuyseniae
speciesLinum esterhuyseniae
Linum modestum
speciesLinum modestum
Linum brevifolium
speciesLinum brevifolium
Linum katiae
speciesLinum katiae
Linum pungens
speciesLinum pungens
Linum longipes
speciesLinum longipes
Linum mcvaughii
speciesLinum mcvaughii
Linum betsiliense
speciesLinum betsiliense
Linum boissieri
speciesLinum boissieri
Linum brachypetalum
speciesLinum brachypetalum
Linum carnosulum
speciesLinum carnosulum
Linum chaborasicum
speciesLinum chaborasicum
Linum ciliatum
speciesLinum ciliatum
Linum cremnophilum
speciesLinum cremnophilum
Linum cubense
speciesLinum cubense
Linum vuralianum
speciesLinum vuralianum
Linum emirnense
speciesLinum emirnense
Linum euboeum
speciesLinum euboeum
Linum iranicum
speciesLinum iranicum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.177
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.180
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.700
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.415
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.215
Herbarius
1485 · p.216
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.304
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.306
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.243
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.213
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.217
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.216
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51309.