Linum viscosum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 209

25. L. viscosum L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 398 (1762).

Pubescent perennial; stems up to 60 cm, erect or ascending below. Leaves 3—8(—11) mm wide, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3- to 5-veined with glandular margins (margins of middle and lower leaves occasionally eglandular). Sepals 6-9 mm, lanceolate. Petals 2 |-3 times as long as sepals, pink (blue when dry). Capsule 3*5-4*5 mm, subglobose; beak c. 0*5 mm, shortly acuminate. • S. & S.C. Europe, from N. Spain to S. Germany and N. Jugoslavia; rather local and mainly in the mountains. Au Ga Ge Hs It Ju.