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|accepted_name=Linum vernale
|accepted_authority=Wooton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=25: 452. 1898
|year=1898
}}
|common_names=Chihuahuan or red-eye flax
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linopsis;Linum vernale
|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 vernale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 379, 387
|treatment_page=page 388
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 10–50 cm, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, branched at base and in inflorescence.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="proximal leaf arrangement;proximal leaf arrangement;proximal leaf arrangement;proximal leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>alternate or proximal leaves opposite, divergent to ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipular gland presence;stipular gland presence">stipular glands usually present, sometimes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;blade length;blade width;margin architecture or shape;glandular-hair arrangement;apex shape">blade linear, 8–17 × 0.5–1.3 mm, margins entire, with widely spaced glandular-hairs, apex acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>open panicles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel some measurement"><b>Pedicels </b>2–12 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal shape;sepal some measurement;margin texture;margin texture;inner sepal shape;outer sepal shape;apex shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals persistent, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 4–7.5 mm, margins narrowly scarious or not, inner sepals abundantly glandular-toothed, outer sparsely toothed, apex narrowly acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement;base coloration">petals yellow-orange to salmon with maroon base, broadly obovate, 10–17 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen some measurement">stamens 4–8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther some measurement">anthers 1–1.8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="staminodium presence">staminodia absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style fusion;style some measurement">styles connate to within 0.2 mm of apex, 4–8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigmas capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule length;capsule width;apex shape;apex dehiscence;segment quantity;segment architecture;segment duration;false septum architecture;fringe architecture or fragility"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid, 3–4 × 2.5–3.2 mm, apex depressed, dehiscing completely into 5, 2-seeded segments (very easily crushed), segments persistent on plant, false septa incomplete, proximal margins terminating in loose fringe.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed length;seed width;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Seeds </b>2–2.8 × 0.9–1.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Sep.
|habitat=Limestone soils, bajadas, openings in scrublands and woodlands.
|elevation=1200–2400 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Coahuila)
|discussion=<p>Corollas of Linum vernale are broadly bowl-shaped and yellow-orange to salmon with a maroon base. The filaments and styles are pale pink, and the stigmas are dark maroon. The pollen is bright yellow; on herbarium specimens, the anthers appear to be maroon.</p>
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name=Linum vernale
|authority=Wooton
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Sep.
|habitat=Limestone soils, bajadas, openings in scrublands and woodlands.
|elevation=1200–2400 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua);Mexico (Coahuila)
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1898
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_785.xml
|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linopsis
|species=Linum vernale
|2n chromosome quantity=30
|anther some measurement=1mm;1.8mm
|apex dehiscence=dehiscing
|apex shape=depressed;acute;acute
|base coloration=maroon
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|blade length=8mm;17mm
|blade width=0.5mm;1.3mm
|capsule length=3mm;4mm
|capsule shape=ovoid
|capsule width=2.5mm;3.2mm
|false septum architecture=incomplete
|fringe architecture or fragility=loose
|glandular-hair arrangement=spaced
|inner sepal shape=glandular-toothed
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin texture=not;scarious
|outer sepal shape=toothed
|pedicel some measurement=2mm;12mm
|petal coloration=yellow-orange;salmon
|petal shape=obovate
|petal some measurement=10mm;17mm
|proximal leaf arrangement=divergent;opposite;alternate
|proximal leaf orientation=ascending
|seed length=2mm;2.8mm
|seed width=0.9mm;1.3mm
|segment architecture=2-seeded
|segment duration=persistent
|segment quantity=5
|sepal duration=persistent
|sepal shape=lanceolate;narrowly lanceolate
|sepal some measurement=4mm;7.5mm
|stamen some measurement=4mm;8mm
|staminodium presence=absent
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|stipular gland presence=absent;absent
|style fusion=connate
|style some measurement=4mm;8mm
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism some measurement=10cm;50cm
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