Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum olympicum Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 56 (1843) |
Native Range | ne. Greece to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 800-2400m |
Description | leaves crowded, narrow, ovate, acute, blue-green, finely pubescent, flowers terminal on leafy procumbent stem, openly crateriform, dark striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac-pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Linum hirsutum Sm. Linum hirsutum var. alpinum Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |