Linum perenne

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 perenne
Varietates: L. p. var. perenne – L. p. var. saxosum
Name

Linum perenne L., Sp. Pl. 1: 277 (1753).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Adenolinum perenne (L.) Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 16: 65 (1853).
Heterotypic
Linum alpinum Schangin, Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 6: 47 (1793).
Linum elatum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 177 (1796).
Linum sibiricum DC., Prodr. 1: 427 (1824).
Adenolinum sibiricum Rchb., Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 307 (1837).
Linum decurrens Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 44 (1863).
Linum lyallanum Alef., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 251 (1867).
Linum alpestre Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 3: 335 (1901).
Linum brevisepalum Juz., in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 14: 720 (1949).

Homonyms

Linum perenne Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 550 (1787) = Linum bienne Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 8 (1768).
Linum perenne Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 66 (1779) = Linum alpinum Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 229 (1762).
Linum perenne Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 386 (1827) = Linum austriacum L., Sp. Pl.: 278 (1753).

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 277. Reference page.

Additional references

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1968. Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), xxvii + 455 pp, ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page.
Abdulina, S.A., 1999. Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Kazakhstan. 187 pp. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan. ISBN 9965-01-189-3 DJVU Reference page.
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. Full issue DJVU Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Linum perenne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Linum perenne. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2019.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Ausdauernder Lein
English: Perennial Flax, Blue flax
suomi: Sinipellava
русский: Лён многолетний

Linum perenne, the perennial flax,[2] blue flax or lint, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps and locally in England.

It is a slender herbaceous perennial plant growing to 60 cm tall, with spirally arranged narrow lanceolate leaves 1–2.5 cm long. The flowers are pale blue, 2–2.5 cm diameter, with five petals.

The English populations are sometimes distinguished as Linum perenne subsp. anglicum and high altitude populations in the Alps as Linum perenne subsp. alpinum. The similar western North American species Linum lewisii is sometimes treated as a subspecies of L. perenne.
Cultivation

Cultivars for garden use include 'Blue Sapphire'.
References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 5 October 2014.

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. Hodder & Stoughton.
Huxley, A. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3: 93. Macmillan.