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|accepted_name=Linum bienne
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Linum no. 8. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|common_names=Pale flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Linum angustifolium
|authority=Hudson
}}
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linum;Linum bienne
|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. Linum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Linum bienne]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 375, 376
|treatment_page=page 374
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> biennial or short-lived perennial (flowering 1st year), 6–60 cm, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect, usually branched from near base and in inflorescence. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–25 × 1–1.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> open panicles. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–25 mm. <b>Flowers</b> homostylous; sepals ovate, 4–5.5 mm, margins of inner sepals minutely ciliate, outer glabrous, apex acute to acuminate; petals blue, obovate, 6–10 mm; stamens 4–5 mm; anthers 1–2.5 mm; staminodia present or absent; styles distinct, 2 mm; stigmas linear or clavate. <b>Capsules</b> broadly ovate to subglobose, 4–6 × 4–6 mm, apex very sharp-pointed, segments ± persistent on plant, margins ciliate. <b>Seeds</b> 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, disturbed places.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Pa.;Europe;n Africa;introduced also in South America (Argentina;Chile);Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p><i>Linum bienne</i> is thought to be the progenitor of <i>L. usitatissimum</i> (D. J. Ockendon 1971).</p>
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name=Linum bienne
|author=
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Linum angustifolium
|basionyms=
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, disturbed places.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Pa.;Europe;n Africa;introduced also in South America (Argentina;Chile);Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linum
|species=Linum bienne
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