Flax

on coarse volcanic gravels and alluvial sands below rhyolitic tuff cliffs forming narrow canyon bottom drained by small perennial creek.

on coarse volcanic gravels and alluvial sands below rhyolitic tuff cliffs forming narrow canyon bottom drained by small perennial creek.

gravels at base of roadside cut in volcanic tuff

coarse gravels at base of roadside cut in volcanic tuff

coarse gravels at base of roadside cut in volcanic tuff

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony plateau, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks.Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon.On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species.Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454.(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170.(4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017).(5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017).(6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229(7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)(8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295.(9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162.(10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)(11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony plateau, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony plateau, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony plateau, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony plateau, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony steppe like plateau, among scattered Juniperus oxycedrus bushes; locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 465 m (1.530 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks.Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony steppe like plateau, among scattered Juniperus oxycedrus bushes; locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 465 m (1.530 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony steppe like plateau, among scattered Juniperus oxycedrus bushes; locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 465 m (1.530 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Slo.: Tommasinijev lan - syn.: Linum tommasinii Rchb. (?), Linum austriacum L. subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet, Linum austriacum L. (?) - Habitat: flat mountain ridge, stony steppe like plateau, among scattered Juniperus oxycedrus bushes; locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground, full sun, dry place; exposed to strong winds and direct rain; elevation 465 m (1.530 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 11 - 13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among stones and rocks. Comments: Linum tommasinii (= Linum austriacum subsp. tommasinii = Linum austriacum) is another taxon, which naming and taxonomical approach differ from authority to authority. Its determination is considered critical (Ref.:2). The flowers of this beautiful and tender plant are sky-blue. The plant seems to be rare almost everywhere. In Slovenia it is declared critically endangered. Apart of a few historical records (Ref.:6), it has been found only four times on two places during last 20 years (Ref.:5). Similar situation seems to be in extreme northeast Italy in Karst region around town Trieste in Friuli Venetia Giulia (Ref.:8, 11). Also there it has been found near Adriatic Sea shore but only in four Middle-European MTB squares during last 50 years. In Croatia it is presently known from three islands in Kvarner bay (Cres, Loinj and Krk) and from Adriatic Sea coastal regions (Ref.:7). Its presence in other parts of Europe is described inconsistently in literature. According to Ref.:2 it is present in Austria (including Alpine regions; under the species name Linum austriacum (Linum austriacum ssp. austriacum)) while Ref.:3. claims it is absent from the Alps. Ref.11 claims it is not present on Sicily while Ref.4 claims the opposite. Some sources (Ref.:4 for example) consider it as a mountain species not growing below 520 m elevation, others claim it can grow from lowland to max 1.000 m and Ref. 9 claims the highest find at over 2.000 m. Most sources claim plant's height to be from 25 to 35 cm, while the plants of this find were about four to five times smaller. So, it is hard to imagine that all these sources deal with the same taxon. On the island Krk the plant grows at about 450 m elevation near the top of island's highest mountain in an impressive landscape where only scattered juniper bushes distinguish it from moonscape. This tiny, tender creature apparently lost in vast sea of stones, growing there under hot Mediterranean summer sun, in very dry conditions and in scarce and nutrients poor soil, swept by very strong winds Bora and Jugo, persisting there for centuries if not millennia seems like a miracle. Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroenih rastlinskih in ivalskih vrst v rdei seznam, Uradni list RS, t. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 346. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 454. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1170. (4) http://www.catria.net/Linaceae/Pagine/Linum_austriacum_tommasinii.html#3 spodnja meja 525-1100 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (5) T. Selikar, B. Vre, A. Selikar, FLOVEGSI data base, The Jovan Hadi Institute of Biology ZRC SAZU (2003); https://bijh.zrc-sazu.si/sl/zbirka/podatkovna-zbirka-flovegsi-favna-flora-in-vegetacija-slovenije-bijh-zrc-sazu#v (accessed Nov. 21. 2017). (6) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 229 (7) Flora Croatica Database, Faculty of science, Department of Botany, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb, http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (8) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 295. (9) L. Fenaroli, Flora delle Alpi, Vegetazione e flora delle Alpi e degli altri monti d'Italia (1971), p 162. (10) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed Nov. 21. 2017) (11) http://dryades.units.it/FVG/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=2885&num=4500 (accessed Nov. 21. 2017)

Category hierarchy: Plants | HerbsDescription: Blue flower of Wild blue flax with flowers and buds on linear stem. This image was taken while the photographer was participating in the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting of these leading scientific societies: Mycological Society of America, American Bryological and Lichenological Society, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the Botanical Society of America; also known as Botany/Mycology 2009. Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F100fdOriginal date: 20090728Locality: Latitude: 4.058110000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.116590000000000e+002

Category hierarchy: Plants | HerbsDescription: Blue flower and flower buds of Wild blue flax with flowers and buds on linear stem. This image was taken while the photographer was participating in the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting of these leading scientific societies: Mycological Society of America, American Bryological and Lichenological Society, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the Botanical Society of America; also known as Botany/Mycology 2009. Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F100fdOriginal date: 20090728Locality: Latitude: 4.058110000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.116590000000000e+002

These arfe seedlings of Linum bienne, a common Mediterranean annual, "mother" of cultivated flax.

Lunim maritimum is a local endangered perennial plant in Israel. It is found in only 2 wetland coastal sites.

Linum maritimum is a Mediterranean perennial. It grows in coastal wet depressions. In Israel it is very rare and endangered. Here u can see its fruits.

This is a delicate and beautiful perennial flax.