Linum macrocarpum C.M.Rogers (1963:109)
Spring Hill flax
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1897 (Ripley, 1975:44)
Since Rediscovered [by implication] (NatureServe, 2024)
Previously considered possibly Extinct ("poEX") (Ripley, 1975:43), but known to be extant today (NatureServe, 2024), and thus implicitly Rediscovered.
Distribution & Habitat
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana & Mississippi, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rogers, C. M. (1963). Yellow flowered species of Linum in eastern North America. Brittonia 15:97-122.
Other references:
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). (2016). Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 12. Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 603 pp.
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
NatureServe. (2024). Linum macrocarpum: Spring Hill Flax. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 1 December 2024]
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 1 December 2024]
Ripley, S. Dillon. (1975). Report on endangered and threatened species of the United States. House Document 94-51: 1-200 [44].
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. (2002). A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.