Species

Linum bienne

Etymology

Linum: flax
bienne: From Latin 'biennium', meaning two year period, biennial

Common Name(s)

pale flax

Family

Linaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LINBIE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple,White

Year Naturalised

1870

Origin

W. Europe, Mediterranean to Caucasia, Iraq, Iran

This page last updated on 30 Jul 2014