Linum medium, common name stiff yellow flax,[1] is a species of Linum (flax) native to eastern North America. It is found as far west as Texas and Wisconsin, east to the Atlantic Ocean, north to Ontario and Maine, and south to southern Florida.[2] It is also found in The Bahamas.[3]
Its natural habitat is open areas such as prairies and savannas, often on acidic soil.[4] It is a conservative species, usually restricted to high-quality natural communities.[5]
Linum medium is a perennial that produces flowers in mid-summer.[4] It is one of several yellow-flowered Linum species that are widespread in eastern North America; others include L. floridanum, L. striatum, L. sulcatum, and L. virginianum.[6]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Linum medium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^Linum medium (Planch.) Britton, USDA PLANTS
^Flora of North America, Linum medium
^ abYatskievych, George (2013). Flora of Missouri, Volume 3. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 402.
^IllinoisWildflowers
^Roger Tory Peterson & Margaret McKenny (1996), A field guide to wildflowers : Northeastern and North-central North America, Illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson., Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 164, ISBN 0-395-91172-9
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