Linaceae
Flowering flax
Linum grandiflorum
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Linum
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- كتان الزهور, الكتان الأحمر
- Armenian
- Կտավատ խոշորածաղիկ
- arz
- كتان الزهور
- Bulgarian
- Едроцветен лен
- Catalan
- Lli de flor gran
- Chinese
- 大花亚麻, 大花亞麻, 红花亚麻, 紅花亞麻
- Czech
- Len velkokvětý
- Danish
- Rød hør
- English
- Flowering flax
- Finnish
- Punapellava
- German
- Roter Lein, Pracht-Lein, Prachtlein
- Persian
- کتان قرمز
- Polish
- Len wielkokwiatowy
- Russian
- Лён крупноцветковый
- Slovak
- Ľan veľkokvetý
- Spanish
- Lino de flor, Lino rojo
- Swedish
- Blomsterlin
- Ukrainian
- Льон великоквітковий
Synonyms
- Adenolinum grandiflorum (Desf.) W.A.Weber
- Linum grandiflorum var. purpureum J.Dix
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Robert Kemmerer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Wolf Paw, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.