Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Yellow Flax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004a:
Linum virginianum var. virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cathartolinum virginianum
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Yellow Flax, Woodland Flax
Click or hover over the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cavi15_001_lvd
)
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_virginianum_7710
June Catawba County NC
5 yellow petals, 4-8mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2-3mm long, acute to acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
)
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_virginianum_7711
June Catawba County NC
Branches of inflorescence widely divergent-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3397
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Some lower branches elongate, tips nearly equaling tips of upper branches, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3400
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves mostly alternate (usually no opposite leaves above stem midpoint), per Weakley's Flora (2020).