Taxon:  Linum perenne L.



Summary
Genus:
Linum
Family:
Linaceae
Subfamily:
Linoideae
Nomen number:
22353
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:277.  1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (11  active, 10  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Linum perenne L. subsp. alpinum (Jacq.) Stoj. & Stef. (1 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. anglicum (Mill.) Ockendon (0 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. extraaxillare (Kit.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Linum perenne L. subsp. perenne (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1518.
  6. Gill, K. S. & D. M. Yermanos. 1967. Cytogenetic studies on the genus Linum II. Hybrids among taxa with nine as the haploid chromosome number. Crop Sci. (Madison) 7:627-631.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Jhala, A. J. et al. 2008. Potential hybridization of flax with weedy and wild relatives: an avenue for movement of engineered genes? Crop Sci. (Madison) 48:825-840.
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  11. McDill, J. et al. 2009. The phylogeny of Linum and Linaceae subfamily Linoideae, with implications for their systematics, biogeography, and evolution of heterostyly. Syst. Bot. 34:386-405. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  12. Muravenko, O. V. et al. 2009. Comparison of genomes of eight species of sections Linum and Adenolinum from the genus Linum based on chromosome banding, molecular markers and RAPD analysis. Genetica 135:245-255.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue flax  1Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
Englishperennial flax  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Finnishsinipellava  2Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
Frenchlin vivace  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1518.
Germanausdauernder Lein  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1518.
Swedishberglin  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesesu gen ya ma  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberias.Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus   
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova   
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine   
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.e.Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.e.), France
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Reference(s)
  1. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  2. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedseed contaminantpotentialLarsen, A. et al., eds. 1992. Association of Official Seed Analysts Handbook 25
Weedseed contaminantpotentialRandall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=22353. Accessed 14 April 2026.