Habit
Stem
Side view
Extreme close-up of flower
Flowers
Seedheads and seeds
| Linum tenuifolium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Linaceae |
| Genus: | Linum |
| Species: | L. tenuifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Linum tenuifolium | |
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Linum tenuifolium, the narrow-leaved flax, is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae. [2] It is native to central and southern Europe, the Black Sea and Caucasus area, and the northern Middle East as far as northwestern Iran. [1] A perennial, it is generally found in rocky, alkaline, dry situations, and is thought to have spread out from relict European rocky steppes. [3]
