NameThatPlant.net: Linum floridanum var. floridanum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum floridanum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Linum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum floridanum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Linum floridanum var. floridanum

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Linum floridanum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004c:

Linum virginianum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cathartolinum floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cathartolinum macrosepalum

COMMON NAME:
Florida Yellow Flax, Savanna Flax

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image of Linum floridanum var. floridanum, Florida Yellow Flax, Savanna Flax

Keith Bradley kab_l_floridanum_73087

August Collier County FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Flowers on stiffly ascending branches, usually one open per branch at a time, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum floridanum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum floridanum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Linum floridanum var. floridanum

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Linum floridanum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004c:
Linum virginianum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum macrosepalum

3536

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, sandhill seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, lowest sometimes opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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