Linum tenuifolium

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image_caption=Close-up of flower

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|genus=Linum

|species=tenuifolium

|authority=L.

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• Cathartolinum tenuifolium {{small|(L.) Rchb.}}
• Leucolinum tenuifolium {{small|(L.) Fourr.}}
• Linum biforme {{small|Bonnier & Layens}}
• Linum biforme f. tenuifolium {{small|(L.) Clavaud}}
• Linum biforme subsp. tenuifolium {{small|(L.) Bonnier & Layens}}
• Linum cilicicum {{small|Fenzl}}

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Linum tenuifolium, the narrow-leaved flax, is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae.{{cite web |url=https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/LIUTF |title=Linum tenuifolium (LIUTF)|author= |date=2023 |website=EPPO Global Database |publisher=European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization |access-date=7 July 2023 }} It is native to central and southern Europe, the Black Sea and Caucasus area, and the northern Middle East as far as northwestern Iran.{{cite POWO |id=544741-1 |title=Linum tenuifolium L. |access-date=7 July 2023 }} A perennial, it is generally found in rocky, alkaline, dry situations, and is thought to have spread out from relict European rocky steppes.{{cite journal |title=Long-term continuity of steppe grasslands in eastern Central Europe: Evidence from species distribution patterns and chloroplast haplotypes |year=2021 |last1=Willner |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Moser |first2=Dietmar |last3=Plenk |first3=Kristina |last4=Aćić |first4=Svetlana |last5=Demina |first5=Olga N. |last6=Höhn |first6=Maria |last7=Kuzemko |first7=Anna |last8=Roleček |first8=Jan |last9=Vassilev |first9=Kiril |last10=Vynokurov |first10=Denys |last11=Kropf |first11=Matthias |journal=Journal of Biogeography |volume=48 |issue=12 |pages=3104–3117 |doi=10.1111/jbi.14269 |s2cid=241873688 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021JBiog..48.3104W }}

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|Linum tenuifolium sl3.jpg|Habit

|Linum tenuifolium sl18.jpg|Stem

|Linum tenuifolium sl15.jpg|Side view

|Linum tenuifolium pelouse-chezy-sur-marne 02 29052005 19.JPG|Extreme close-up of flower

|Linum tenuifolium L.jpg|Flowers

|Linum tenuifolium sl8.jpg|Seedheads and seeds

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