Linum L.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Linum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/linum/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Family

Linaceae

Species in genus

Linum arboreum

Glossary

References

POWO (2025). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Linum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/linum/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Linum arboreum (RBG Kew, April 2010). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of more than 200 species of annuals and perennials (most of these herbaceous), found in the temperate and subtropical regions of both hemispheres (POWO 9/9/2025), but most numerously represented in S. Europe and the Near East.

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