Linum usitatissimum L.

Medicinal parts:Seeds

Native to:Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey

Introduced into:Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Homotypic Synonyms:

Linum angustifolium subsp. usitatissimum (L.) Rouy 

Original plants and herbarium: