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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Linaceae
Linum sulcatum Riddell
grooved yellow flax
Linum: from the old Greek name for flax, linon, used by Theophrastus
sulcatum: for "furrowed" from conspicuous ridges or grooves of the stem
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-32" tall, smooth forb with upper branches |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide; inflorescence a loose, branched cluster (panicle) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | small and narrow, mostly alternate with dark glands at the base |
| Habitat: | dry; upland woods, prairies, inland sands |
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