Linum narbonense

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Linum narbonense
Linum narbonense habitus

Linum narbonense habitus

Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden I
Order : Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family : Flax Family (Linaceae)
Genre : Flax ( linum )
Type : Linum narbonense
Scientific name
Linum narbonense
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Linum narbonense , rarely also called French flax , is a Mediterranean species from the genus flax ( Linum ).

description

Linum narbonense is an upright herbaceous plant with woody roots and heights of 30 to 60 centimeters. The gray-green leaves are linear-lanceolate, very pointed, 7 to 20 millimeters long and arranged alternately.

Their upright flowers are in compound, flat, terminal inflorescences . The petals are light to dark blue, rarely whitish, and have a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. They fall off in the afternoon. The approximately round seed capsules have a diameter of 8 to 12 millimeters.

Their chromosome number is 2n = 18, 2n = 28 or n = 15.

Occurrence

The plant is native to the western ( e.g. Spain and Balearic Islands ) and central Mediterranean region (e.g. Slovenia and Istria ), where it grows on dry meadows and in open bushes, preferably on moist soils.

Systematics

Linum narbonense was first published by Carl von Linné in 1753 , but the type epithet goes back to Johann Bauhin , who mentions it as Linum luteum Narbonense , while narbonense refers to the region around the southern French city of Narbonne , where the species is native, among other things.

In the genus Linum narbonense belongs to a species group around the perennial flax ( Linum perenne ) in the Linum section .

Flower of Linum narbonense

proof

  • Hans Simon (Ed.): The free-range ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 2 : I-Z . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 584 . (Description)
  • Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament de Biologia, Àrea de Botànica (ed.): Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental. online (description).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Seetharam: Interspecific Hybridization in Linum. In: Euphytica. Volume 21, No. 3, 1972, pp. 489-495 (here: p. 490), DOI: 10.1007 / BF00039344 .
  2. ↑ David Coates; Christopher A. Cullis: Chloroplast DNA Variability Among Linum Species. In: American Journal of Botany. Volume 74, No. 2, 1987, pp. 260-268 (here: p. 261), JSTOR 2444028 .
  3. ^ A b David Jeffrey Ockendon: Biosystematic Studies in the Linum perenne Group. In: New Phytologist. Volume 67, No. 4, 1968, pp. 787-813 (here: p. 809), DOI: 10.1111 / j.1469-8137.1968.tb06396.x .
  4. ↑ a b Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament de Biologia, Àrea de Botànica (ed.): Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental. online .
  5. ↑ Walter Starmühler: preparatory work for a "Flora of Istria". Part IV. In: Carinthia II . Volume 191/111, Klagenfurt 2001, pp. 409-457 (here: p. 438, PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  6. ↑ Hans Simon (ed.): The outdoor ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 2 : I-Z . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 584 .
  7. ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).
  8. ↑ Axel Diederichsen, Ken Richards: Cultivated flax and the genus Linum L. Taxonomy and germplasm conservation. In: Alister D. Muir, Neil D. Westcott: Flax: The genus Linum . CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003, ISBN 0-415-30807-0 , pp. 22-54.

Web links

Commons : Linum narbonense  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
  • Linum narbonense L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved November 29, 2015.