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|accepted_name=Linum elongatum
|accepted_authority=(Small) 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=Laredo flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cathartolinum elongatum
|authority=Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=species
|publication_title=N. Amer. Fl.
|publication_place=25: 82. 1907
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linopsis;Linum elongatum
|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 elongatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 379, 390
|treatment_page=page 391
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial (sometimes flowering in 1st year), 15–30 cm, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, branches diffuse. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, ascending; stipular glands present throughout or at distal nodes only; blade linear, 5–25 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire, sometimes glandular, not ciliate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> panicles. <b>Pedicels</b> 10 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals deciduous, mostly lanceolate, 6–11 mm, margins not scarious, all conspicuously glandular-toothed, apex attenuate; petals yellow-orange to salmon or brownish red, with prominent wine-colored band proximal to middle, broadly obovate, 14–18 mm; stamens 5–6 mm; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm; staminodia absent; styles connate nearly to apex, 7–9.5 mm; stigmas capitate. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 4 × 3 mm, apex obtuse, dehiscing into 5, 2-seeded segments, segment persistence unknown, apex blunt or subacute, minutely apiculate, false septa complete, proximal part membranaceous, not terminating in loose fringe, distal part cartilaginous, margins not ciliate. <b>Seeds</b> 3 × 1.2–1.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–May.
|habitat=Often on hard-packed, often red, sandy soils.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p>The stems of <i>Linum elongatum</i> are ribbed. In the flora area, it occurs in southern Texas, especially along the Rio Grande, and in south central Texas. The yellow-orange to salmon or brownish red petals with the distinctive wine-colored band proximal to the middle, brick red anthers, and wine-colored stigmas make the flowers of <i>L. elongatum</i> striking.</p>
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name=Linum elongatum
|authority=(Small) H. J. P. Winkler in H. G. A. Engler et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cathartolinum elongatum
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–May.
|habitat=Often on hard-packed, often red, sandy soils.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.
|publication year=1931
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linopsis
|species=Linum elongatum
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