Linum in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org

Linum Linn., Sp. Pl. 277. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 135. 1754; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 277. 1832; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:848. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:410. 1875; T. Cooke, Fl. Bomb. Pres. 1: 154. 1901; Davis, Fl. Turk. 2: 425. 1967; Ockenden & Walters in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 2: 206. 1968.

Erect herbs, rarely shrubby below. Leaves alternate, linear to lanceolate, sessile. Flowers ebracteate, 5-merous, in cymes or racemes. Sepals entire. Petals linear to lanceolate or obovate. Glands 5, adnate to the staminal tube, opposite the petals. Stamens 5, connate at the base; staminodes present or absent. Carpels 5; ovary 10-locular due to secondary septa; styles 5, free or connate at the base; stigma linear to capitate. Fruit a septicidal capsule.

A genus of about 230 temperate and sub-tropical species, abundant in the Mediterranean region.

1 Plants perennial. Flowers blue. Linum perenne

+ Plants annual. Flowers blue, yellow or red. (2)

2 (1) Flowers blue. Petals linear to lanceolate. Linum usitatissimum

+ Flowers yellow or red. Petals obovate (3)

3 (2) Flowers yellow. Sepals glandular. Petals as long as the sepals Linum corymbulosum

+ Flowers red. Sepals eglandular. Petals much longer than the sepals Linum grandiflorum

Lower Taxa

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