Linum maritimum L.

Spice Flower Flower

Family: LINACEAE

Genus: Linum

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Marshes and salt marshes.

Characteristics: A perennial plant, tall (grows to approximately 200 cm.), slender, branched form the base with stems open and pendulous. The flowers are large and yellow. The upper leaves are linear-lancoleate and single-nerved, the lower leaves are opposite and three-nerved.