Linum striatum Walter

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Linaceae

• Scientific Name

  Linum striatum Walter

• Description

  Species Description - Glabrous perennial 3–9 dm; stems 1–several from the base, erect-ascending, simple below the infl, prominently ridged-striate above; lvs mostly 25–50 below the infl, thin, elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, the larger ones 1.5–3.5 cm × 4–10 mm, the lower opposite, the upper often alternate; infl ± elongate-paniculiform, with slender, spreading branches; pedicels sharply angular, 1–4 mm; sep lanceolate to ovate, acute, 1.5–3 mm, entire or the inner with a few tiny marginal glands; pet yellow, 3–5 mm; fr depressed-globose, scarcely 2 mm, pale, splitting freely into 10 mericarps, shattering and falling; false septa nearly complete, glabrous, as also the true septa; 2n=36. Damp or wet woods, swamps, and bogs; Mass. to n. Fla., w. to Mich., se. Mo., and e. Tex. June, July. (Cathartolinum s.)

• Common Names

  ridgestem yellow flax