Linum marginale
A.Cunn. ex Planch. Native FlaxGlabrous, often glaucous perennial herb, 10–70(–100) cm high; stems erect, unbranched or branched near base, striate. Leaves linear to linear-elliptic, 5–20 mm long, 1–2(–3) mm wide, acuminate, margins entire. Inflorescences loose terminal corymbose panicles or rarely flowers solitary; pedicels slender, erect, 5–25 mm long, elongating in fruit. Sepals ovate, 3–6 mm long, acute or acuminate, margins white-membranous and ciliolate; petals obovate to obovate-cuneate, 8–15 mm long, blue, rarely white, often veined darker; anthers white; styles united from base for greater than half their length, stigmas linear, decurrent along inner side of style-branches. Capsule 3–6 mm diam., beaked; seeds 2.5–3 mm long, brown. Flowers mostly spring and summer.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. All states except NT. Also New Zealand. Widespread in grassland and open-forest through much of the State, from near sea-level to the higher alps.
Suspected of being poisonous to stock.
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Linaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 121–124. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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