Linum elegans Spruner ex Boiss., 1854
Endemic species (Balkan)
Mount Olympus, PIERIA ● Greece
Description: Perennial herbaceous plant. The flowering stems is 10–20 cm high, erect, glabrous, with a basal leaf rosette. The cauline leaves are alternate, linear to spathulate, glabrous, with 2 stipulate glands at base. The inflorescence is terminal, with 2–15 flowers. The 5 petals are obovate, light yellow, 15–20 mm long, twice as long as the sepals. The capsule is globose, 4–5 mm.
Biology: Flowering in June-July. Reproduction by vegetative means and seeds.
Habitat: Mountain slopes, on dry, rocky and gravely places, preferably on limestone, up to 2500 m. Populations are with low numbers of individuals.
Distribution: South Western Balkan Peninsula (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Fyrom, Montenegro, Serbia).
References:
Red Data Book of Bulgaria
Strid A., 1986. Mountain flora of Greece. Vol. 1, Part Two, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13840-6
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