Linum catharticum

Species of flowering plant

Linum catharticum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Linaceae
Genus:  | Linum
Species:  |

L. catharticum

Binomial name
Linum catharticum

Synonyms[1]

* Cathartolinum catharticum (L.) Small
* Cathartolinum pratense Rchb. nom. illeg.
* Nezera cathartica (L.) Nieuwl.

Linum catharticum, also known as purging flax,[2] or fairy flax, is an herbaceous flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Great Britain,[3] Iceland,[4] central Europe and Western Asia. It is an annual plant and blooms in July and August.

It is a known host of the pathogenic fungus flax rust (Melampsora lini).[4]

## References

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1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. ^ "Lardon Chase" (PDF). Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
3. ^ "Native flora recorded from postal district CO4 (Colchester area north)". The Postcode Plant Database. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
4. ^ a b Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X

Taxon identifiers

Linum catharticum|

* Wikidata: Q157896
* Wikispecies: Linum catharticum
* APDB: 148561
* APNI: 54773
* BioLib: 3542
* CoL: 3V4PH
* EoL: 581830
* EPPO: LIUCA
* EUNIS: 175925
* FNA: 250022599
* GBIF: 2873865
* GRIN: 22328
* iNaturalist: 84280
* IPNI: 544405-1
* IRMNG: 11072438
* ITIS: 29206
* MichiganFlora: 1631
* NatureServe: 2.129844
* NBN: NBNSYS0000003145
* NCBI: 524254
* NZOR: 11844370-04ff-470d-9bcf-e5ba8e0beadf
* NZPCN: 3418
* Open Tree of Life: 112353
* PalDat: Linum_catharticum
* PfaF: Linum catharticum
* PFI: 2879
* Plant List: kew-2348507
* PLANTS: LICA9
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:544405-1
* Tropicos: 18700010
* VASCAN: 6549
* WFO: wfo-0000363831
* WoRMS: 425797

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