Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum toxicum Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 854 (1867) |
Native Range | Syria to Israel |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2700-2900m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves carnose, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shortly attenuate, flowers terminal, solitary, sepals oblong, mucronate, petals subacute |
Size | 12-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |