LINUM CORYMBULOSUM

Family and Genus:- See- LINACEAE/Sect. LINASTRUM

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Linum gallicum proles corymbulosum,

Linum strictum var. corymbulosum, Linum strictum subsp. corymbulosum.

Meaning:- Linum (L) Ancient name for flax.

Corymbulosum (Gr) With small corymbs.

General description:- Herbaceous annual.

Stems:-

1) 10-45 cm, erect, inconspicuously hairy, slender often branched below.

Leaves:-

1) 1.5-3(-5) mm wide, serrulate, very rough, often inrolled.

Flower:-

1) Inflorescence, lax, with long, very slender pedicels not overtopped by the

adjacent leaves.

2) Sepals, 4-6 mm, ovate to lanceolate, long acuminate, minutely serrulate and

glandular, ciliate.

3) Petals, 6-12mm, yellow.

4) Stigmas, capitate,

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, 2-2·5 mm, subglobose, beak c. 0·3 mm. homostylous.

Key features:-

1) Leaf-margins, rough, finely serrulate (but sometimes revolute).

2) Leaves, narrowly lanceolate, more than 1 mm wide.

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Habitat:- Dry open shrubby vegetation, scrubland vegetation, dry grassland, open

coniferous woodland, olive groves. 0-1200 m.

Distribution:- Widespread in the Mediterranean region. Widespread and common

on Crete.

Flowering time:- Late April to mid-June.

Photos by:- Steve Lenton