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Linum usitatissimum

Common Flax

GNRUnranked Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136021

Element CodePDLIN020X0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderLinales

FamilyLinaceae

GenusLinum

Other Common Names

Lin cultivé (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (7)

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Lime Creek	Tonto National Forest	42,568

Tennessee (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Laurel Branch Addition	Cherokee National Forest	5,577
Flint Mill Gap	Cherokee National Forest	9,494

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Saint Marys Addition	George Washington National Forest	1,454

Wyoming (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cloud Peak Contiguous	Bighorn National Forest	113,757
Gannett Hills - Spring Creek	Bridger-Teton National Forest	45,462
Salt River Range	Bridger-Teton National Forest	235,661

References (3)

Buchanan, R. 1987. A Weavers Garden. Loveland: Interweave Press.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2016. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 12. Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 603 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.