NameThatPlant.net: Linum curtissii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum curtissii FAMILY Linaceae Go to FSUS key

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Linum medium var. texanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Linum medium var. texanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Linum medium var. texanum

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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image of Linum curtissii, Texas Yellow Flax, Stiff Yellow Flax, Spreading Flax, Texas Flax

Bruce A. Sorrie bas_linum_medium_texanum2

June Dare County NC

The flowering branches are spread widely, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum curtissii FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum medium var. texanum FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linum medium var. texanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Linum medium var. texanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Linum medium var. texanum

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

Habitat: woodlands, other dry to moist places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, lowest often opposite
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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