Resedaceae
Lineleaf whitepuff
Oligomeris linifolia
- Family
- Resedaceae
- Genus
- Oligomeris
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- ذنباب خطي الورق, دنبان
- arz
- ذنباب خطى الورق
- Chinese
- 川犀草, 川樨草
- English
- Lineleaf whitepuff
- Hebrew
- בת-רכפה מרצענית
- Persian
- ورثی
Synonyms
- Dipetalia linifolia (Vahl ex Hornem.) Tidestr.
- Dipetalia ruderalis A.Heller
- Dipetalia subulata (Webb & Berthel.) Kuntze
- Oligomeris dispersa Müll.Arg.
- Oligomeris dregeana var. sphaerocarpa Abdallah
- Oligomeris ellimia Webb
- Oligomeris glaucescens Cambess.
- Oligomeris resedella Webb
- Oligomeris ruderalis A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.
- Oligomeris subulata (Webb & Berthel.) Webb
- Reseda linifolia Vahl ex Hornem.
- Reseda oligandra Edgew.
- Reseda schimperi C.Presl
- Reseda subulata Delile
- Reseda tridens Viv.
- Resedella subulata Webb & Berthel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bernadette Simpson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.