Linum
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Discospinster
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Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/66.66.92.133|66.66.92.133]] to last version by 195.6.68.65 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]])
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Linum''
| image = Linum_pubescens.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Linum pubescens''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Linaceae]]
| genus = '''''Linum'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
'''''Linum''''' ('''flax''') is a [[genus]] of about 200 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Linaceae]], native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Among many other species, it includes the [[flax|Common Flax]] (''L. usitatissimum''), the [[bast fibre]] of which is used to produce [[linen]].
The flowers are light blue or white (yellow in some species) and there is an average of 6-10 seeds per boll.
''Linum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Cabbage Moth]], [[Nutmeg (moth)|The Nutmeg]], [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] and ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora benedictella]]'', which feeds exclusively on ''Linum narbonense''.
;Selected species
*''[[Linum austriacum]]''
*''[[Linum bienne]]'' – Pale Flax
*''[[Linum catharticum]]'' – Fairy Flax
*''[[Linum cratericola]]''
*''[[Linum flavum]]'' – Yellow Flax
*''[[Linum leoni]]''
*''[[Linum lewisii]]''
*''[[Linum perenne]]'' – Perennial Flax
*''[[Linum pubescens]]''
*''[[Linum suffruticosum]]''
*''[[Linum tenuifolium]]''
*''[[Flax|Linum usitatissimum]]'' – Common Flax
==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4965,4980 Jepson Manual treatment of the genus]
*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?find_wholeName=&find_family=&find_infrafamily=&find_genus=linum&find_infragenus=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_species=&find_infraspecies=&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_authorAbbrev=&find_publicationTitle=&find_isIKRecord=on&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI Query]
*[http://www.herbier.ulaval.ca/specimens_types/template.php?pid=0028026 ''Linum lepagei'' type sheet] from Louis-Marie Herbarium ([[Laval University]]).
*[http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/english/index.php The Flax Council of Canada]
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[[ru:Лён]]
[[tr:Keten]]
[[bat-smg:Lins]]
[[uk:Льон]]