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Linum bienne (Pale Flax) |
Linum bienne (LINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Linum bienneMiller
Published in Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 8 (1768) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Linaceae
S.F. Gray (The Flax Family)
6 species from the Linaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Pale Flax |
Maltese name(s) : |
Kittien ikħal |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
April – May |
Colour of Flowers: |
Blue |
Name Derivation : |
Linum:
bienne:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Biennial or perennial (rarely annual); stems 6-60 cm, usually branched, slender, ascending or erect. Leaves 0.5-1.5 mm wide, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 1- to 3-veined. Sepals 4-5.5 mm, subequal, ovate-acuminate, with a conspicuous midvein; margin of inner sepals scarious and ciliate, margin of outer sepals entire. Petals 2-3 times as long as sepals, blue. Stigmas linear. Capsule 4-6 mm, subglobose; beak c. 1 mm, acuminate. Homostylous. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=30 | |
Distributional range: |
W. & S. Europe, northwards to 54° N. in Britain. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Ireland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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? Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al BH Bl(M N) Br Bu Ca Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Ga(C F) Gg(A D G) Gr Hb(E N) Hs(A G S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Md(M P) Mk Sa Si(M S) Sl Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [nAz(F S T) Ca(C G H P T) aGe Hb(N) He nNo] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
