Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum aroanium Boiss. & Orph. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2. 1: 96 (1854) |
Native Range | c. & s. Greece to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 400-2100m |
Description | glabrous, leaves uninerved, the lower small, dense, imbricate, ovate-oblong, the upper lanceolate-linear, acute, inflorescence corymbose, sepals 3-nerved, lanceolate, acute |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Linum aroanium var. paphlagonicum P.H.Davis Linum cassium Rech.f. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |