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|accepted_name=Linum perenne
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 277. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Blue flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linum;Linum perenne
|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 perenne]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 374, 375
|treatment_page=page 376
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 20–100 cm, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> ascending or erect, usually unbranched. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear or linear-lanceolate, 5–20 × 1–3 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> much-branched panicles. <b>Pedicels</b> spreading, 5–25 mm. <b>Flowers</b> heterostylous; inner sepals ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm, margins glabrous, apex obtuse, outer ones lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3.5–4.5 mm, narrower than inner ones, margins glabrous, apex acute or acuminate; petals blue, obovate or obovate-lanceolate, 10–25 mm; stamens 5 mm, anthers 2 mm (long-styled morph) or stamens 6.5 mm, anthers 1.8 mm (short-styled morph); styles distinct, 8 mm (long-styled morph) or 2.5 mm (short-styled morph); stigmas capitate. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 5–7 mm diam., apex acute to obtuse, segments persistent on plant, margins ciliate or not. <b>Seeds</b> 3–4.2 × 1.7–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Yukon;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mich.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;introduced also in Mexico (Sonora).
|discussion=<p>Most collections in North America identified as <i>Linum perenne</i> are most likely <i>L. lewisii </i>var.<i> lewisii</i> (D. J. Ockendon 1971; C. M. Rogers 1984). According to Ockendon, <i>L. perenne</i> is often confused with L. austriacum Linnaeus in Europe; its exact native distribution is not known.</p>
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name=Linum perenne
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Yukon;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mich.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;introduced also in Mexico (Sonora).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linum
|species=Linum perenne
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