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Linum bienne

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Authors: Mill.   L.  

Botanical Description

Tufted biennial or short-lived perennial sometimes behaving as an annual, usually up to 30cm in height but sometimes much taller. Leaves linear, 1.5-2.5cm long. Flowers pale blue, l-2cm in diameter, summer. Southern and western Europe north to the British Isles, in open grassy places.