Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum elegans Spruner ex Boiss. |
Synonyms | Linum iberidifolium Aucher ex Planch. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-2600m |
Description | glabrous, green, lower leaves crowded, ovate or oblong-spathulate, acute, upper leaves acute, linear, flowers 3-7, large, in cyme, petals obtuse |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LINACEAE
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