Linum virginianum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLinaceae
Family (Traditional)Linaceae
GenusLinum
Species:Linum virginianum L.
Common NameWoodland Flax
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 5; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Apical; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Clay (KY), Clinton (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Clay (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100854601 Powell Kentucky 19 Jun 1987 C. Brown
67
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528353 Letcher Kentucky 17 Jul 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
346
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528296 Clinton Kentucky 07 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-479
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528387 Montgomery Kentucky 21 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
1014
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100854593 Wolfe Kentucky 13 Jul 1985 D. Murphy
65
EKY
Linum virginianum
N/A Powell Kentucky 17 Oct 1998 R.C. Clark
24100
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100773595 Powell Kentucky 17 Oct 1998 Ross C. Clark
24100
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100860194 Wolfe Kentucky 20 Aug 1973 Johnnie B. Varner
7695
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528304 Clinton Kentucky 21 Jun 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-261
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528395 Montgomery Kentucky 03 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1273
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528403 Pike Kentucky 23 Jun 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr.
10400
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528411 Cumberland Tennessee 02 Aug 1986 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100723822 Garrard Kentucky 10 Aug 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1357
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528270 Bell Kentucky 26 Jun 1965 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528288 Carter Kentucky 30 Jun 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr.
10534
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100721503 Garrard Kentucky 23 Jul 2010 W.W. Overbeck
601
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528338 Lawrence Kentucky 18 Jul 2009 Romie Hughart, Richard Thompson
N/A
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528379 Menifee Kentucky 30 Jun 1989 Carol Hanley
92
EKY
Linum virginianum
N/A Powell Kentucky 17 Oct 1998 Ross C. Clark
24100
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100723830 Garrard Kentucky 13 Jul 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1326
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528346 Letcher Kentucky 06 Jul 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
292
EKY
Linum virginianum
BEREA016356 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Linum virginianum
BEREA016357 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Linum virginianum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 16 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Linum virginianum
ETSU006025 Unicoi Tennessee 27 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Linum virginianum
ETSU005922 Unicoi Tennessee 03 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134843 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134873 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134837 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134849 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134851 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134866 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134845 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134854 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134865 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134860 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134876 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134847 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134838 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134870 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134835 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134868 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134856 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134834 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
074 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134833 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134859 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134841 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134836 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134839 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134844 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134852 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134864 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134861 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134879 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134875 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134858 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134872 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134869 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134874 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134862 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134842 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134877 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0135074 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134867 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134863 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134853 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134831 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134857 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134871 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134878 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134832 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134855 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0135067 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134848 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134850 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134840 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
UCHT017957 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
APSC0010393 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Jul 1949 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Linum virginianum
HTTU033826 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Linum virginianum
APSC0010391 Montgomery Tennessee 28 Jun 1982 Edward Chester
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0070441 Pulaski Kentucky 17 Jun 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Linum virginianum
UCHT032726 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
APSC0108542 Breckinridge Kentucky 23 Jun 1983 Max Medley
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108537 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0010387 Stewart Tennessee 16 Jul 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108539 Marion Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108541 Carter Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
31234100528320 Elliott Kentucky 26 Jun 2012 M. Greene
Not Listed
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528312 Clay Kentucky 16 Jul 1988 Rick Coffey
18
EKY
Linum virginianum
31234100528361 Madison Kentucky 04 Jul 1993 Susan Wind
123
EKY
Linum virginianum
APSC0108545 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108543 Pike Kentucky 16 Jun 1982
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0087449 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0010394 Stewart Tennessee 30 Jul 1968 Edward Chester
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0010386 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108538 Pike Kentucky 17 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Linum virginianum
HTTU020698 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Linum virginianum
APSC0109006 Elliott Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0010388 Estill Kentucky 08 Jul 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0083747 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
HTTU020696 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Linum virginianum
HTTU020697 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Linum virginianum
UOS03728 Van Buren Tennessee 11 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Linum virginianum
MEM020576 McNairy Tennessee 07 Jun 1981 Vernon Bates
242 6
MEM
Linum virginianum
TENN-V-0134846 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Linum virginianum
UCHT017956 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
APSC0010390 Montgomery Tennessee 24 Jul 1949 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0118478 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
MTSU012934 Cannon Tennessee 21 Jul 1986 Landon E. McKinney
2280
MTSU
Linum virginianum
UCHT032724 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
UCHT032725 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
UOS03727 Franklin Tennessee 03 Jul 1986 R.K. Clements
UOS
Linum virginianum
MEM015063 Henry Tennessee 24 Jul 1979 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1696
MEM
Linum virginianum
UCHT017958 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Linum virginianum
APSC0108544 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0108540 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0051320 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0010392 Stewart Tennessee 25 Jun 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Linum virginianum
APSC0082095 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Linum virginianum
74 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Linum virginianum
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