Yellow Flax

Linum rigidum

Pursh Species

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Botanical name
Linum rigidum
Also known as
Large-Flowered Yellow Flax, Stiff Flax, Stiff-Stem Flax, Stiff-Stemmed Flax, Yellow Flax
Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Yellow Flax

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Other names for this plant

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

Cathartolinum rigidum Mesynium rigidum Nezera rigida

Others in Linum

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

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