RADIOLA LINOIDES

Family and Genus:- See- LINACEAE

Common Names:- Allseed

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Radiola (L) Radiating

Linoides (Gr) Flax-like, resembling Linum.

General description:- Small, glabrous annual.

Stems:-

1) 3-8 cm tall, generally single-stemmed, erect, very slender, dichotomously

branched.

Leaves:-

1) Up to 3 mm, opposite, more or less elliptical, 1-veined.

Flower:-

1) Inflorescence, dichasial, with filiform pedicels.

2) Sepals, c. 1 mm, toothed at apex.

3) Petals, equalling sepals, white.

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, c. 1 mm, globose.

2) Seeds, c. 0.3 mm, yellowish-brown.

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Habitat:- Seasonally wet, open habitats by streams and vernal pools. 0-1100 m. on

granite or schist.

Distribution:- Most of Europe except the north-east and extreme north, but rare

and local in much of the centre & south-east. Limited distribution on Crete, mainly

central west, west.

Flowering time:- Apr-July.

Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis