Linum nervosum
Linum nervosum
Bayır keten
Herbaceous perennial. Stems erect, stiff, 30-60 cm, glabrous even at base. Leaves lanceolate, stiff and acuminate, glaucous, 3-nerved, 20-45 x 4-8 mm, margin scabrid, the lower leaves withered at flowering time. Inflorescence 5-17-flowered, lax, branches stiffly divergent. Sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, weakly glandular-margined, 7-11 mm. Petals blue, c. 25 mm. Stigmas clavate-filiform. Capsule 8-9 mm. Fl. 6-7. Rocky slopes, wooded meadows, pastures, fallow fields, 1400-1900 m.
N. Balkans, eastern C. Europe, S. Russia, Crimea, Caucasia, N. & W. Iran.
