Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum amurense Alef. |
Bibliography | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 251 (1867) |
Native Range | se. Siberia to Russian Far East and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 600-4000m |
Description | leaves alternate, linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2cm long, uninerved, acute, flowers numerous in lax cyme, sepals ovate to elliptic, mucronate, petals 12-15mm long |
Size | 25-60cm |
Color | blue, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |