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Taxon:  Linum perenne L. subsp. perenne



Summary
Genus:
Linum
Family:
Linaceae
Subfamily:
Linoideae
Nomen number:
405589
Verified:
07/19/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Linum perenne L. (0 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. alpinum (Jacq.) Stoj. & Stef. (0 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. anglicum (Mill.) Ockendon (0 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. extraaxillare (Kit.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press. Note: = Linum perenne
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Jhala, A. J. et al. 2008. Potential hybridization of flax with weedy and wild relatives: an avenue for movement of engineered genes? Crop Sci. (Madison) 48:825-840. Note: this review did not recognize subspecies; it mentioned that "only hybridization between species with equal chromosome numbers was successful in producing fertile F1 plants"
  6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  8. Ockendon, D. J. 1968. Biosystematic studies in the Linum perenne group. New Phytol. 67:787-813. Note: as 2n=18
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
blue flax –
perennial flax –
French
lin vivace –
German
ausdauernder Lein –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405589. Accessed 29 April 2025.