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Published In: Flora Atlantica 1: 277–278, pl. 78. 1798. (Fl. Atlant.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per. March-April.
Type: Type locality: “Habitat in arvis argillosis prope Mascar”
Distribution: Distribution: Temperate and warm regions throughout the world.
Comment/Acknowledgements: “Flowering Flax” is cultivated in gardens for its beautiful scarlet or red flowers.
Map Location: C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Viqar-un-Nisa College, cult., Qamar Zia 6392 (RAW); ib., Tanvir Azhar 6393 (RAW).

 

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Annual herb up to 60 cm tall. Stem erect, branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1.5-2.5 cm long, broadly lanceolate, 3-nerved, entire, sessile. Flowers red, regular, dimorphic in cymose clusters; pedicel 4-5 mm long, elongating in fruit. Sepals free, c. 7 mm long, enlarging in fruit, ovate, acuminate, serrate, peristent. Petals free, obovate, up to 2 cm long. Stamens 5, connate at the base, filaments 6-8 mm long, dilated at the base; anthers c. 3 mm long. Ovary ovoid, c. 2 mm long, styles 5, filiform, connate at the base; stigma linear, 2 mm long. Capsule sub-globose, 7-8 mm long; seeds 4 mm long, brown, compressed.
 
 
 
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