Linum medium

Linum medium, common name stiff yellow flax,[1] is a species of Linum (flax) native to eastern North America. It is found as far west as Texas and Wisconsin, east to the Atlantic ocean, north to Ontario and Maine, and south to southern Florida.[2] It is also found in The Bahamas.[3]

Linum medium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Linaceae
Genus: Linum
Species:
L. medium
Binomial name
Linum medium

Its natural habitat is open areas such as prairies and savannas, often on acidic soil.[4] It is a conservative species, usually restricted to high-quality natural communities.[5]

Linum medium is a perennial that produces flowers in mid-summer.[4] It is one of several yellow-flowered Linum species that are widespread in eastern North America; others include L. floridanum, L. striatum, L. sulcatum, and L. virginianum.[6]

Taxonomy

The species has two varieties:[7]

  • Linum medium var. medium - Limited to around the Great Lakes[8]
  • Linum medium var. texanum - Widely distributed across eastern North America and The Bahamas

References
  1. "Linum medium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. Linum medium (Planch.) Britton, USDA PLANTS
  3. Flora of North America, Linum medium
  4. Yatskievych, George (2013). Flora of Missouri, Volume 3. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 402.
  5. IllinoisWildflowers
  6. Roger Tory Peterson & Margaret McKenny (1996), A field guide to wildflowers : Northeastern and North-central North America, Illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 164, ISBN 0-395-91172-9
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Pennsylvania DCNR
  8. Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".


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