Linum medium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Linum medium (Planch.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 2: 349 (1897).

Basionym
- Linum virginianum var. medium Planch., London J. Bot. 7: 480 (1848).
Homotypic
- Linum medium var. typicum Fernald, Rhodora 37: 428 (1935), nom. inval.
- Linum striatum var. medium (Planch.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 1061 (1967).
- Cathartolinum medium (Planch.) Small in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 72 (1907).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas.

Britton, N. & Brown, A. 1897. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume II, Portulacaceae to Menyanthaceae. 643 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons. BHL Reference page.

Rogers, C.M. 1963. Yellow flowered species of Linum in eastern North America. Brittonia 15(2): 115–117. DOI: 10.2307/2805396 JSTOR . Reference page.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Linum medium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 1. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Linum medium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 April 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Linum medium. Published online. Accessed: April 1 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Linum medium. Accessed: 1 April 2022.

English: stiff yellow flax