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Linum L.

Pellavat Flax
Linum, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Linum, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Euptoieta claudia, Hyles livornica

Linum catharticum L.

Ahopellava Fairy Flax Vildlin
Linum catharticum, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Linum catharticum ; [RK, 302]; [SK, 385]; [GMBOT, 532]

747x1081 (~56Kb) Finland, Sund, Bomarsund, 29.6.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

677x922 (~101Kb) Finland: Korppoo, Järm, 25.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Cochylis epilinana

Linum usitatissimum L.

Peltopellava Öljypellava Kuitupellava Flax Common Flax Lin Oljelin Spånadslin
Linum usitatissimum ; [RK, 303]; [SK, 385]; [GMBOT, 531]

1370x1028 (~108Kb) Finland, Pietarsaari, Aspegrenin puutarha, 13.6.2005 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Autographa gamma, Ceramica pisi, Cochylis epilinana, Nymphalis c-aureum lunulata

Linum spathulatum

identification uncertain 628x879 (~44Kb) Greece: Ipiros, Parga, Lichnos, 16.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio

27.5.2007 (13)

References:

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin, Fernald, Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela & Cajander, 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

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