Linum grandiflorum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Linaceae
Subfamilia: Linoideae
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum grandiflorum
Name

Linum grandiflorum Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 278 (1798).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Adenolinum grandiflorum (Desf.) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 55: 2 (1984).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria, Tunisia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Additional references

Svetlova, A.A. 2009. Таксономический обзор рода Linum L. (Linaceae) флоры России и сопредельных государств. The taxonomic review of the genus Linum L. (Linaceae) of the flora of Russia and adjacent states. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 41: 99–165. PDF Full issue DJVUReference page.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Linum grandiflorum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Linum grandiflorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 March 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Linum grandiflorum. Published online. Accessed: March 31 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Linum grandiflorum. Accessed: 31 March 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. Linum grandiflorum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 31. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Linum grandiflorum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 31.

Vernacular names
English: red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax
suomi: Punapellava\\Linum grandiflorum is a species of flax known by several common names, including flowering flax,[2] red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax. It is native to Algeria, but it is known elsewhere in Northern Africa, Southern Europe and in several locations in North America as an introduced species.[3] It is an annual herb producing an erect, branching stem lined with waxy, lance-shaped leaves 1 to 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears flowers on pedicels several centimeters long. The flower has 5 red petals each up to 3 centimeters long and stamens tipped with anthers bearing light blue pollen. It can on occasion be found as a casual well outside its normal established range; records from the British Isles, for example, are reasonably frequent (as per the latest BSBI atlas) but, grown as an annual, it rarely persists for more than one season.

Cultivation

A popular garden plant, L. grandiflorum has been cultivated in a number of colours such as salmon. Some varieties are known as L. grandiflorum rubrum, L. grandiflorum var. rubrum or L. grandiflorum 'Rubrum'. Other varieties include Bright Eyes.
References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Linum grandiflorum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

"Linum grandiflorum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.

Sources

Paghat's Garden: Scarlet Flax
Murielle's Garden: Linum grandiflorum