Santalaceae
Flaxleaf
Thesium linophyllon
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Genus
- Thesium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- حب الكريش المتفرع
- Belarusian
- Ядранец ільналісты
- Chinese
- 田野百蕊草
- Czech
- Lněnka lnolistá, Lněnka rolní
- English
- Flaxleaf, Thesium
- Estonian
- Haruline linalehik
- German
- Mittleres Leinblatt, Mittleres Vermeinkraut, Ästiges Leinblatt
- Lithuanian
- Melsvasis linlapis
- Polish
- Leniec pospolity
- Slovenian
- Navadna lanika
Synonyms
- Linophyllum clusii Bubani
- Linosyris intermedia (Schrad.) Kuntze
- Linosyris linophyllon Kuntze
- Thesium arvense Horv.
- Thesium fulvopes Griess.
- Thesium hutterianum Opiz
- Thesium intermedium Schrad.
- Thesium linifolium Schrank
- Thesium linophyllon var. pilosiusculum Lawalrée
- Thesium transsilvanicum Schur
- Xerololophus trinervis Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 170 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Csaba Béla Eötvös, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Liubov Ilminska, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roberto Pucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tatau.70, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.