Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

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Linum campanulatum

Lin campanulé

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Plant family

Area

Provence Verte

Flower colour

yellow

Flower size

25-40 mm

Flowering months

March,

April,

May

Leaf type

Linear,

Lanceolate

Height

10-30 cm

Description

Related to the cultivated flax plant not found in the wild. Oil made from the seeds of cultivated flax is used in the paint industry and as a carrier oil for colour pigment.

Linum campanulatum forms a cushion, branching from the woody base each year.

Dry habitats, rocky ground, garrigue, open woodland.

Flowers

The flowers have shiny, light yellow petals with orange veins from the base.

Leaves

Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle, Linear narrow blade leaf, like grass. Basal: long, wider in the middle, pointed, smooth.
Upper: almost linear.

Fruits Seeds

Capsule.

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