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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Linum curtissii
FAMILY
Linaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Texas Yellow Flax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum medium var. texanum
FAMILY
Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004b:
Linum virginianum var. medium
FAMILY
Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum medium
COMMON NAME:
Texas Yellow Flax, Stiff Yellow Flax, Spreading Flax, Texas Flax
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_linum_medium_texanum2
June Dare County NC
The flowering branches are spread widely, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Linum curtissii
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum medium var. texanum
FAMILY
Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004b:
Linum virginianum var. medium
FAMILY
Linaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum medium
2230
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in woodlands, other dry to moist places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, lowest often opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p161
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p197
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p067