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§1 Plant
Linum striatum Walter
vernacular ridged yellow flax — species · Linaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Linaceae DC. ex Perleb
- Genus
- Linum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 534 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 21–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8
- Root depth
- 2 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 200,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 534 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Greenup 21089
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Itawamba 28057
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lincoln 28085
- Monroe 28095
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LIST ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2873857 ↗Record version
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