NameThatPlant.net: Linum intercursum

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum intercursum FAMILY Linaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Bicknell's Yellow Flax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum intercursum FAMILY Linaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004c?:

Linum virginianum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

COMMON NAME:
Bicknell's Yellow Flax, Sandplain Flax

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum intercursum FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum intercursum FAMILY Linaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004c?:
Linum virginianum var. floridanum FAMILY Linaceae

4271

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, lowest sometimes opposite
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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