Family |
Linaceae
Linum trigynum
L.
Linum trigynum L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 279 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 450, Pl. CLXXXVII, 2; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Hairless annual, 20–50 cm tall, with slender stems and numerous upright branches.
Leaves: Linear-lanceolate, with rough margins.
Inflorescence & flowers: Small yellow flowers; lanceolate, shortly pointed sepals are 2–3 mm long and petals 5–6 mm. Lower fruiting stalks are thread-like and at least as long as the calyx.
Fruit: Small capsule equalling, rather than being overtopped by, the sepals.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–June.
Habitat & elevation: Wooded or partly wooded places, with a preference for sandstone.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Bouchriye, Tripoli, below Beit Meri, Jouar, Bikfaya, Dhour Choueir, Jamhour, Baabdate, Blaouze, Kfertay and Baskinta.
Syrian distribution: Haffe, Kizil Dagh and Chakrourane.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yemen.
Introduced into: Azores, California, Germany, Hawaii, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Tasmania.