Linum suffruticosum

English: White Flax
Nederlands:
Español: Lino blanco
Français: Lin sous-arbrisseau - Lin à feuilles de soude - Lin ligneux
Deutsch:

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

Linum narbonense

English: Beautiful Flax - Blue Flax
Nederlands: Frans vlas - Blauw vlas
Español: Lino azul - Lino de Narbona
Français: Lin de Narbonne
Deutsch: Französischer Lein

Family: Linaceae - Flax family
Flowering time: April-June (August in the Pyrenees)
Height: 20-50cm
Altitude: 0-1600m
Colour: bright azure-blue
Flower: petals 25-40mm, sepals 10-14mm long
Leaves: greyish, alternate, without basal glands, linear to lanceolate, long-pointed, mostly 1- or 3-veined
Habitat: grassy, rocky habitats, dolomite, limestone slopes
Distribution: west and central Mediterranean; Spain and Portugal, Alps, eastwards to the Balkan



 

Notes: In a number of countries, for example in the Netherlands, Linum narbonense is grown as a garden plant. Linum narbonense is similar in appearance to Linum usitatissimum or cultivated flax, a food and fiber crop. The textiles made from cultivated flax are known as linen and the oil that is made from the seeds is known as linseed oil.

Related key words: PR-A 21 Canal de la Espartera-Arenales del Trevenque, jardín botánico de la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusië, Spain, La Trapa (Villanúa), La Ripera (Panticosa), Barranco de Viú (Campo), Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Picos de Europa, vallée du Buech, vallée de la Durance, Alpes, Alps, lijnzaad, lijnzaadolie