Linum suffruticosum

English: White Flax
Nederlands:
Español: Lino blanco
Français: Lin sous-arbrisseau - Lin à feuilles de soude - Lin ligneux
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Family: Linaceae - Flax family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: 400-1900m
Colour: white, with a violet or pink centre
Flower: sepals 3-veined and styles erect
Leaves: linear to lanceolate, up to several centimetres long and 1 mm wide
Habitat: forest clearings, dry and stony meadows, alongside streams
Distribution: north and central France, northern Italy, throughout Spain
Synonym: Linum suffruticosum subsp. suffruticosum





Notes: The subspecies Linum suffruticosum subsp. appressum grows in the Alps and Linum suffruticosum subsp. salsoloides (Pyrenean Flax - Lin à feuilles de salsola) in the Pyrenees.

Related key words: Acequia de la Pavilla, Nigüelas, Valle de Lecrín, Aula de la Naturaleza, Dílar, Jardín botánico de la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Trevenque, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusië, Spain