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	Linum catharticum  L.

Fam.: Linaceae / Linseed Fam.

Genus:  Linum  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Linum:		linum = thread
	catharticum:		purgative

Fig. 1:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 2:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 4:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Učka 28.6.2010

Fig. 5:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Istria, Gračišće 27.5.2006

Fig. 6:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Plitvička 19.7.2007

Fig. 7:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Plitvička 19.7.2007

Fig. 8:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Plitvička 19.7.2007

Fig. 9:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax Croatia, Plitvička 19.7.2007

Fig. 10:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Bad Dürkheim 19.7.2009

Fig. 11:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Bad Dürkheim 18.8.2021

Fig. 12:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Idar-Oberstein 3.6.2011

Fig. 13:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Ketsch 16.5.2014

Fig. 14:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Ketsch 21.5.2020

Fig. 15:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax D Ketsch 21.5.2020

Fig. 16:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax A Reutte 25.5.2008

Fig. 17:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax A Reutte 25.5.2008

Fig. 18:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax A Reutte 25.5.2008

Fig. 19:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax A Reutte 25.5.2008

Fig. 20:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax NL St. Philipsland 14.8.2015

Fig. 21:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax F Nyons 10.6.2006

Fig. 22:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax F Nyons 10.6.2006

Fig. 23:  Linum catharticum / Fairy Flax IRL Connemara, Ballyconneely 17.6.2012

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