Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum arboreum L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 279 (1753) |
Native Range | s. Aegean Reg. to sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves sessile, spathulate, obtuse, grey-green, flowers in short terminal panicle, easily caducous, pentamerous |
Size | 20-70cm |
Color | golden 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 |
Synonyms | Linum globulariifolium Poir. Linum simsii Planch. Xantholinum arboreum (L.) Rchb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |