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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Yellow Flax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Linum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004a:
Linum virginianum var. virginianum FAMILY Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum virginianum
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Yellow Flax, Woodland Flax
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cavi15_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_virginianum_7710
June Catawba County NC
5 yellow petals, 4-8mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2-3mm long, acute to acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_virginianum_7711
June Catawba County NC
Branches of inflorescence widely divergent-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3397
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Some lower branches elongate, tips nearly equaling tips of upper branches, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3400
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves mostly alternate (usually no opposite leaves above stem midpoint), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Linum virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-004a:
Linum virginianum var. virginianum
FAMILY
Linaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cathartolinum virginianum
845
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry or moist places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, lowest often opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Bisexual
Inflorescence corymbose
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p186
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p66
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p246
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p250
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p161
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p197
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p090
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