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not marked as a favorite taxon *Linum perenne Linnaeus. Common name: Perennial Flax. Phenology: Mar-Aug. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe. Cultivated and "rarely naturalized along roadsides" in scattered locations in Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007) and reported tentatively for Virginia (Kartesz 1999).

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Section: Linum.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA12, Il, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO; = Linum perenne L. var. perenne — GrPl; < Linum perenne L. — C. Basionym: Linum perenne L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Linum perenne - FNA12

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native range: Europe



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