Linaceae
Pale flax
Linum bienne
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Linum
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- لينوم بيين
- Bulgarian
- Зимен лен
- Dutch
- Tweejarig vlas
- English
- Pale flax
- French
- Lin bisannuel
- German
- Zweijähriger Lein
- Macedonian
- Двогодишен лен, Блед лен
- Persian
- کتان کمرنگ
- Slovenian
- Dvoletni lan
- Ukrainian
- Льон вузьколистий
- Welsh
- Llin culddail
Synonyms
- Adenolinum angustifolium (Huds.) Rchb.
- Cathartolinum agreste Rchb.
- Cathartolinum multicaule Small
- Linum acuminatum Moench
- Linum affine Panz. ex Schult.
- Linum agrestre Brot.
- Linum ambiguum Jord.
- Linum angustifolium Huds.
- Linum angustifolium f. arenicola Bolzon
- Linum angustifolium f. clandestinum Caball.
- Linum angustifolium prol. ambiguum (Jord.) Rouy
- Linum angustifolium subvar. nanum Rouy & Foucaud
- Linum angustifolium var. agreste (Brot.) DC.
- Linum angustifolium var. ambiguum (Jord.) P.Fourn.
- Linum angustifolium var. cribrosum (Rchb.) Porta
- Linum angustifolium var. elatior Marès & Vigin.
- Linum angustifolium var. genuinum Rouy
- Linum angustifolium var. imperforatum Strobl
- Linum angustifolium var. siculum (C.Presl) Rouy & Foucaud
- Linum angustifolium var. submicranthum Hochr.
- Linum arvense Bubani
- Linum bienne f. punctatum P.Monts.
- Linum bienne var. nanum (Rouy & Foucaud) P.Monts.
- Linum bienne var. papillosum Molero & Romo
- Linum bienne var. siculum (C.Presl) Giardina & Raimondo
- Linum cribrosum Rchb.
- Linum dehiscens Vavilov & Elladi
- Linum dehiscens subsp. angustifolium (Huds.) Vavilov & Elladi
- Linum hispanicum Mill.
- Linum hispanicum f. cribrosum (Rchb.) Rothm.
- Linum hispanicum f. imperforatum (Strobl) Rothm.
- Linum hispanicum var. ambiguum (Jord.) Rothm.
- Linum marginatum Poir.
- Linum multicaule Hedw. ex Steud.
- Linum perenne var. pyrenaicum (Pourr.) Planch.
- Linum pyrenaicum Pourr.
- Linum siculum C.Presl
- Linum tenuifolium With.
- Linum usitatissimum f. angustifolium (Huds.) Pau
- Linum usitatissimum subsp. angustifolium (Huds.) Thell.
and 9 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.