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Common name: Florida yellow flax
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Common name: Florida yellow flax<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: ''Cathartolinum floridanum'' (Planchon) Small; ''Cathartolinum macrosepalum'' Small
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Synonyms: ''Cathartolinum floridanum'' (Planchon) Small; ''C. macrosepalum'' Small;  ''L. virginianum var. floridanum'' Planchon.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
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Varieties: ''Linum floridanum'' (Planchon) Trelease ''var. chrysocarpum''; ''Linum floridanum'' (Planchon) Trelease ''var. floridanum''
Variety: ''Linum floridanum'' (Planchon) Trelease var. ''chrysocarpum'' C.M. Rogers; ''Linum floridanum'' (Planchon) Trelease var. ''floridanum''
 
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
"Annual, biennial, or short lived perennial herbs with 1-several strict stems from a crown, usually branched above. Leaves cauline, opposite or alternate, entire, acute to acuminate, sessile, exstipulate. Inflorescence a panicle of racemes or cymes. Flower perfect, actinomorphic, pedicellate; sepals 5, separate or basally adnate; pistil 5-carpellate, styles 5, each carpel divided at maturity, the pistil then appearing 10-carpellate. Seeds lustrous brown, obovoid to ellipsoid." <ref name="Radford et al 1964">Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 645-6. Print.</ref>
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"Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbs with 1-several strict stems from a crown, usually branched above. Leaves cauline, opposite or alternate, entire, acute to acuminate, sessile, exstipulate. Inflorescence a panicle of racemes or cymes. Flower perfect, actinomorphic, pedicellate; sepals 5, separate or basally adnate; pistil 5-carpellate, styles 5, each carpel divided at maturity, the pistil then appearing 10-carpellate. Seeds lustrous brown, obovoid to ellipsoid."<ref name="Radford et al 1964">Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 645-6. Print.</ref>
  
"Perennial with 1-several stems 3-8 dm tall, from a crown. Leaves mostly alternate, lowest often opposite, narrowly elliptic to linear, 0.8-2.5 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, acute. Pedicels 1-3 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, acute to acuminate, entire or glandular serrate; petals yellow, 4-8 mm long. Capsule ovoid or oblate, 1.3-3 mm long. Seeds 1-1.3 mm long." <ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
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"Perennial with 1-several stems 3-8 dm tall, from a crown. Leaves mostly alternate, lowest often opposite, narrowly elliptic to linear, 0.8-2.5 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, acute. Pedicels 1-3 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, acute to acuminate, entire or glandular serrate; petals yellow, 4-8 mm long. Capsule ovoid or oblate, 1.3-3 mm long. Seeds 1-1.3 mm long."<ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
  
"Leaves 0.8-5 mm wide. Branches of inflorescence ascending. Inner sepals densely glandular serrulate. Capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm long." <ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
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"Leaves 0.8-5 mm wide. Branches of inflorescence ascending. Inner sepals are densely glandular serrulate. Capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm long."<ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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''L. floridanum var. chrysocarpum'' ranges from southeast North Carolina, south to southern Florida, and west to southern Missippii. ''L. floridanum var. floridanum'' has a similar range, except it is additionally located in Lousianna and the West Indies.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
This species can be found in open wiregrass seepage savannas, longleaf pine forests, and disturbed areas such as ditches. <ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, M. Davis, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Baker, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.</ref> The soils have been observed to be moist and/or dry loamy sands within well-drained uplands. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include ''Pinus palutris, Aristida stricta, Sarracenia,'' and ''Harperocallis''. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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This species can be found in open wiregrass seepage savannas, longleaf pine forests, and disturbed areas such as ditches.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, M. Davis, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Baker, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.</ref> The soils have been observed to be moist and/or dry loamy sands within well-drained uplands.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include ''Pinus palutris, Aristida stricta, Sarracenia,'' and ''Harperocallis''.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
''L. floridanum'' has been observed flowering in June and July.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/><ref>Nelson, G. [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 12 DEC 2016</ref>
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''L. floridanum'' flowers from June through October.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity. <ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref>   
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This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref>   
 
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
This species occurs in areas that are annually burned. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> In an open wet pine savanna in Mississippi, the highest densities of flowering stalks for ''L. floridanum'' were observed one year after fire. <ref name=hin> Hinman, S. E. and J. S. Brewer (2007). "Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 512-526. </ref>
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This species occurs in areas that are annually burned.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> In an open wet pine savanna in Mississippi, the highest densities of flowering stalks for ''L. floridanum'' were observed one year after fire.<ref name=hin> Hinman, S. E. and J. S. Brewer (2007). "Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 512-526. </ref>
 
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Revision as of 19:58, 23 September 2020

Linum floridanum
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Photo by Wayne Matchett, SpaceCoastWildflowers.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Linales
Family: Linaceae
Genus: Linum
Species: L. floridanum
Binomial name
Linum floridanum
(Planch.) Trel.
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Natural range of Linum floridanum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Florida yellow flax[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Cathartolinum floridanum (Planchon) Small; C. macrosepalum Small; L. virginianum var. floridanum Planchon.[1]

Varieties: Linum floridanum (Planchon) Trelease var. chrysocarpum; Linum floridanum (Planchon) Trelease var. floridanum

Description

"Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbs with 1-several strict stems from a crown, usually branched above. Leaves cauline, opposite or alternate, entire, acute to acuminate, sessile, exstipulate. Inflorescence a panicle of racemes or cymes. Flower perfect, actinomorphic, pedicellate; sepals 5, separate or basally adnate; pistil 5-carpellate, styles 5, each carpel divided at maturity, the pistil then appearing 10-carpellate. Seeds lustrous brown, obovoid to ellipsoid."[2]

"Perennial with 1-several stems 3-8 dm tall, from a crown. Leaves mostly alternate, lowest often opposite, narrowly elliptic to linear, 0.8-2.5 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, acute. Pedicels 1-3 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, acute to acuminate, entire or glandular serrate; petals yellow, 4-8 mm long. Capsule ovoid or oblate, 1.3-3 mm long. Seeds 1-1.3 mm long."[2]

"Leaves 0.8-5 mm wide. Branches of inflorescence ascending. Inner sepals are densely glandular serrulate. Capsule ovoid, 2-3 mm long."[2]

Distribution

L. floridanum var. chrysocarpum ranges from southeast North Carolina, south to southern Florida, and west to southern Missippii. L. floridanum var. floridanum has a similar range, except it is additionally located in Lousianna and the West Indies.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in open wiregrass seepage savannas, longleaf pine forests, and disturbed areas such as ditches.[3] The soils have been observed to be moist and/or dry loamy sands within well-drained uplands.[3] Associated species include Pinus palutris, Aristida stricta, Sarracenia, and Harperocallis.[3]

Phenology

L. floridanum flowers from June through October.[1]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity.[4]

Fire ecology

This species occurs in areas that are annually burned.[3] In an open wet pine savanna in Mississippi, the highest densities of flowering stalks for L. floridanum were observed one year after fire.[5]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 645-6. Print.
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, M. Davis, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Baker, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.
  4. Jump up Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
  5. Jump up Hinman, S. E. and J. S. Brewer (2007). "Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 512-526.