List of flax of Montana
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There are at least 6 members of the Linales order: Linales
found in Montana
. Some of these species are exotics
(not native to Montana).
Family: Linaceae
Linales
Linales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system used this name for an order placed in subclass Rosidae with the following circumscription :* order Linales*: family Erythroxylaceae...
found in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana).
Family: Linaceae
Linaceae
The Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes approximately 250 species. There are 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae ....
- Common Flax, Linum usitatissimum
- Prairie FlaxLinum lewisiiLinum lewisii is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River...
, Linum lewisii - Southern Flax, Linum australe
- Stiff-stem Flax, Linum rigidum
- Stiff-stem Flax, Linum rigidum var. rigidum
- Wyoming Flax, Linum rigidum var. compactum