Linum hologynum, Reichenb.

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 : 208

16. L. hologynum Reichenb. , Fl. Germ. Excurs. 833 (1832).

Glabrous perennial; stems up to 40 cm, ascending or erect. Leaves 0-5-1-5 mm wide, linear or filiform, 1-veined, with smooth or sometimes scabrid margins. Sepals 5-8 mm, lanceolate, long-acuminate, with scarious, not ciliate, margins; lower part of mid-vein of sepals very prominent and more or less keel-like. Petals 21 times as long as sepals, blue, violet, or pinkish-purple, Styles united almost to the apex; stigmas linear. Capsule 4-6 mm, subglobose. Homostylous. • Balkan peninsula, just extending into S. W. Romania. Al Bu G r Ju Rm.

Distinguished from all other European species of Linum by its united styles.