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|accepted_name=Thymelaea passerina
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Cosson & Germain
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Anal. Fl. Paris ed.
|place=2, 360. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Passarine annuelle;spurge flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stellera passerina
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Thymelaeaceae;Thymelaea;Thymelaea passerina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thymelaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thymelaea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thymelaea passerina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 383
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>green or yellow-green, turning red in fall. <b>Leaves</b> upright; petiole to 1 mm; blade 0.6–1.5 × 0.1–0.2 cm, stiff, herbaceous to coriaceous, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose, 1–7-flowered; bracts 1.5 cm, with tuft of white trichomes at base. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium green to yellow, tubular, becoming urceolate, 2–3 mm, appressed-hairy; calyx lobes minute; stamens: distal whorl inserted at throat; distal anthers subexserted; ovary 0.75 mm, apex hairy; style 0.7–0.8 mm, glabrous, becoming ± eccentric in fruit; stigma exserted. <b>Capsules</b> pyriform. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (late Jun–Aug); fruiting summer–fall (Jul–early Sep).
|habitat=Dry, disturbed ground, including prairies and old fields
|elevation=10–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Mich.;Miss.;Nebr.;Ohio;Tex.;Wash.;Wis.;s Europe;Mediterranean regions.
|discussion=<p><i>Thymelaea passerina</i> is sometimes accidentally introduced in fodder and spreads quickly. It is sometimes mistaken for one of the delicate species of Polygala.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Thymelaea passerina
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Cosson & Germain
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Stellera passerina
|family=Thymelaeaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (late Jun–Aug); fruiting summer–fall (Jul–early Sep).
|habitat=Dry, disturbed ground, including prairies and old fields
|elevation=10–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Mich.;Miss.;Nebr.;Ohio;Tex.;Wash.;Wis.;s Europe;Mediterranean regions.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Anal. Fl. Paris ed.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced
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|genus=Thymelaea
|species=Thymelaea passerina
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