Hairy Pink Flax / كتان زهري / / كتان

كَتّان أزْغَب / الكتانية / القنّب / عوينة البقر

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.

Flowers, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
February to May
Seed collection period
April to May

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Linum L.
Family
Linaceae
Wikidata item
Q2918716
GBIF Item
Linum pubescens Banks & Sol. (7731054)

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  4. Linum pubescens Banks & Sol. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  5. Q2918716. (2022, August 3). Wikidata. Retrieved 10:12, August 31, 2022 from https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2918716&oldid=1694913981.
  6. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/695 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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