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Southern Flax - Linum australe
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
4
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General Description
Annual. Stems erect, 10–40 cm, branched above, puberulent below. Leaves linear, 5–25 mm long with small, purple stipular glands. Inflorescence a panicle with erect branches; upper leaves and bracts awned and glandular-serrulate. Flowers yellow; sepals lanceolate, 4–7 mm long, glandulaar-serrulate; petals 5–9 mm long, pubescent at the base; styles 2–3 mm long, united to above middle. Capsule 3–5 mm long, splitting into 5 2-seeded segments (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
Western Canada to MT, WY, UT, CO, NV, AZ, NM and TX.
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 66
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Habitat
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus bifarius (Thorp et al. 1983).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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