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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Linum striatum
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=118. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Ridged yellow flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cathartolinum striatum
|authority=(Walter) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Linum striatum var. multijugum
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linopsis;Linum striatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Linum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Linum sect. Linopsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Linum striatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 378
|treatment_page=page 385
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 25–100 cm, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect-ascending, unbranched or branched from base, unbranched proximal to inflorescence, conspicuously ribbed distally. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal 5–20 pairs opposite, distal opposite or alternate, erect to spreading; stipular glands absent; blade elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 15–35 × 4–10 mm, margins entire, not ciliate, apex obtuse or acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> elongate panicles. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–4 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–3.5 mm, margins not scarious, eglandular or inner with a few delicate small marginal glands, apex acute or apiculate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2.7–4.6 mm; stamens 1.5–2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.7 mm; staminodia absent; styles distinct, 1.2–2 mm; stigmas capitate. <b>Capsules</b> globose, carpels convex abaxially, 1.3–1.9 × 1.8–2.3 mm, apex depressed, dehiscing freely into 10, 1-seeded segments, segments falling freely, false septa nearly complete, proximal margins not ciliate. <b>Seeds</b> 1–1.4 × 0.5–0.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Open or semishaded areas, swamp forests and margins, seepage bogs.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The branches of <i>Linum striatum</i> are conspicuously ribbed distally and the carpels are convex abaxially, compared with <i>L. virginianum</i>, which has smooth branches and carpels that are abaxially flattened. In <i>L. striatum</i>, the corolla is nearly rotate; all parts of the flower are yellow except the brownish anthers.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Linum striatum
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Cathartolinum striatum;Linum striatum var. multijugum
|basionyms=
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Oct.
|habitat=Open or semishaded areas, swamp forests and margins, seepage bogs.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_692.xml
|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linopsis
|species=Linum striatum
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