| Family | LINACEAE |
| Genus species | Linum tenuifolium L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 278 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to nw. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | leaves dense, linear-subulate, carinate, uninerved, margins subrevolute, scabrous, sepals glandular, uninerved, elliptic-subulate, flowers shortly pedicellate |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | pale pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 | Cathartolinum tenuifolium (L.) Rchb. Leucolinum tenuifolium (L.) Fourr. Linum biforme Bonnier & Layens Linum biforme f. tenuifolium (L.) Clavaud Linum biforme ssp. tenuifolium (L.) Bonnier & Layens Linum cilicicum Fenzl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |