| Family | LINACEAE |
| Genus species | Linum austriacum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 278 (1753) |
| Native Range | ec. Europe to Central Asia and Iran, nw. Africa |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | glabrous, stems densely leafy, leaves linear, acute, inflorescence racemose, secund, sepals ovate, 5-veined |
| Size | 25-50cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Adenolinum austriacum (L.) Rchb. Adenolinum barbatulum Lang ex Rchb. Adenolinum marginatum (Rchb.) Rchb. Linum alpinum Pall. Linum alpinum ssp. austriacum (L.) Bonnier & Layens Linum alpinum var. crystallinum Gren. & Godr. Linum alpinum var. saxicola (Jord.) P.Fourn. Linum angustifolium G.Lodd. Linum austriacum var. crystallinum (Gren. & Godr.) P.Fourn. Linum barbulatum Lange ex Rchb. Linum marginatum Rchb. Linum montanum Lorey & Dur. ex Nyman Linum perenne Guss. Linum perenne var. austriacum (L.) Schiede Linum perenne ssp. austriacum (L.) O.Bolós & Vigo Linum saxicola Jord. Linum squamatum Herb. ex Steud. Linum trinervium Freyn |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |