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|accepted_name=Linum subteres
|accepted_authority=(Trelease) H. J. P. Winkler in H. G. A. Engler et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.
|place=2, 19a: 116. 1931
|year=1931
}}
|common_names=Sprucemont flax;Utah yellow flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Linum aristatum var. subteres
|authority=Trelease in A. Gray et al.
|publication_title=Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=1(1,2): 347. 1897
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=L. leptopoda
|authority=A. Nelson
}}
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linopsis;Linum subteres
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Linum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Linum sect. Linopsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Linum subteres]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 379
|treatment_page=page 387
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, 15–50 cm, glabrous and glaucous. <b>Stems</b> stiffly spreading-ascending, branched at base and distal to middle. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or proximalmost opposite, crowded at base, appressed-ascending; stipular glands absent; blade oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 8–17 × 1.2–2.3 mm, margins entire, not ciliate, apex apiculate. <b>Inflorescences</b> few-flowered racemes. <b>Pedicels</b> (5–)20–30(–60) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 4.5–7 mm, margins narrowly scarious, inner sepals conspicuously toothed, outer ones very coarsely glandular-toothed, sometimes sparsely so, apex acuminate or narrowly acute; petals lemon yellow, obovate, 9–15 mm; stamens 5–7 mm; anthers 1–2 mm; staminodia absent; styles connate to within 0.8–3 mm of apex, 5.7–9 mm; stigmas capitate. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid (distinctly longer than broad), 3.5–4.6 × 2.5–3.1 mm, apex sharp-pointed, dehiscing completely into 5, 2-seeded segments (very easily crushed), segments persistent on plant, false septa incomplete, proximal margins terminating in loose fringe, cartilaginous plates at base of segments poorly developed. <b>Seeds</b> 2.5–3 × 0.9–1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy soils, clay, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper zones.
|elevation=1300–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Linum subteres</i> is most closely related to <i>L. vernale</i>; it has lemon yellow petals, rather than orange to salmon-colored with a maroon base, and relatively thick, crowded, broad basal leaves (C. M. Rogers 1984). Leaves on the proximal half of each stem are closely spaced and imbricate; distal branches and inflorescence are widely spaced and subtended by closely appressed, relatively long, narrow leaves or bracts, giving the upper part of the plant a leafless look.</p>
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name=Linum subteres
|author=
|authority=(Trelease) H. J. P. Winkler in H. G. A. Engler et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=L. leptopoda
|basionyms=Linum aristatum var. subteres
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy soils, clay, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper zones.
|elevation=1300–2200 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.
|publication year=1931
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_501.xml
|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linopsis
|species=Linum subteres
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