Linum narbonense

Linum narbonense habit

Linum narbonense, rarely also called French flax, is a Mediterranean species of the genus flax ( Linum ).

Description

Linum narbonense is an erect, woody at the base, herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth of 30 to 60 centimeters. The gray - green leaves are linear - lanceolate, very pointed, arranged in 7 to 20 millimeters long and alternate.

Your upright flowers are in compound, flat, terminal inflorescences. The petals are light to dark blue, rarely whitish, and have a diameter of 2-3 centimeters. You fall off in the afternoon. The nearly roundish seed capsules have a diameter of 8 to 12 mm.

Their chromosome number is 2n = 18, 2n = 28 or n = 15

Occurrence

The plant is in the west (including Spain and the Balearic Islands) and medium-sized Mediterranean ( eg Slovenia and Istria) home, where it grows on dry meadows and in open thickets, preferably on moist soil.

System

Linum narbonense was first published in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, however, the epithet goes back to Johann ileocecal, who mentions it as Linum luteum narbonense, narbonense drawing attention to the region around the southern French city of Narbonne, where the species is native among others.

In the genus Linum counts narbonense to a species group to the persevering flax ( Linum perenne ) in the section Linum.

Evidence

• Hans Simon (ed. ): The free- jewelry perennials. Manual and encyclopedia of garden perennials. Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. Volume 2: I to Z, Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart ( Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6, p 584 (description)
• Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament de Biologia, Area de Botanica (Ed.): Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental Herbario. online ( description).