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Taxon:  Linum perenne L.



Summary
Genus:
Linum
Family:
Linaceae
Subfamily:
Linoideae
Nomen number:
22353
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:277. 1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
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])
Linum perenne L. subsp. perenne (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. Gill, K. S. & D. M. Yermanos. 1967. Cytogenetic studies on the genus Linum II. Hybrids among taxa with nine as the haploid chromosome number. Crop Sci. (Madison) 7:627-631.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. 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.
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. McDill, J. et al. 2009. The phylogeny of Linum and Linaceae subfamily Linoideae, with implications for their systematics, biogeography, and evolution of heterostyly. Syst. Bot. 34:386-405. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  10. Muravenko, O. V. et al. 2009. Comparison of genomes of eight species of sections Linum and Adenolinum from the genus Linum based on chromosome banding, molecular markers and RAPD analysis. Genetica 135:245-255.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
blue flax –
perennial flax –
Finnish
sinipellava –
French
lin vivace –
German
ausdauernder Lein –
Swedish
berglin –
Transcribed Chinese
su gen ya ma –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberias.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.e.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.e.), France
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedpotential seed contaminant Larsen, A. et al., eds. 1992. Association of Official Seed Analysts Handbook 25
Weedpotential seed contaminant Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
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=22353. Accessed 29 April 2025.