Linum medium
| Linum medium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Linaceae |
| Genus: | Linum |
| Species: | L. medium |
| Binomial name | |
| Linum medium (Planch.) Britton | |
Linum medium is a species of Linum (flax) native to eastern North America, as far west as Texas and Wisconsin, east to the Atlantic ocean, and north to Ontario and Maine.[1] It is one of several yellow-flowered Linum species in this region; others include Linum virginianum.[2] The species has two varieties: Linum medium var. texanum and the less widely distributed Linum medium var. medium.[3]
References
- ↑ Linum medium (Planch.) Britton, USDA PLANTS
- ↑ Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny ; illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. (1996), A field guide to wildflowers : Northeastern and North-central North America, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p. 164, ISBN 0-395-91172-9
- ↑ Pennsylvania DCNR