Plains Flax

Linum puberulum

(Engelm.) A.Heller Species

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Botanical name
Linum puberulum
Also known as
Plains Flax
Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Plains Flax

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Linum puberulum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cathartolinum puberulum Cathartolinum vestitum Linum rigidum var. puberulum Mesynium puberulum

Others in Linum

Linum adustum
Linum album
Linum acuticarpum
Linum aethiopicum
Linum alatum
Linum allredii
Linum africanum
Linum aksehirense

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