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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Flax Family
  7. Linoideae

subfamily

Linoideae

Linoideae

Includes
25 native 7 introduced 11 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Flaxes 18 native
  • Dwarf-flax 7 native
  • Reinwardtia
  • Allseed

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Linoideae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Grooved Yellow Flax Linum sulcatum caterpillars 10 food 3 flowers 4
  • Bristle Flax Linum aristatum caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 9
  • Yellow Flax Linum rigidum caterpillars 3 food 7 flowers 5
  • Lewis Flax Linum lewisii caterpillars 3 food 4 flowers 70
  • Plains Flax Linum puberulum caterpillars 3 food 3 flowers 4
  • King's Flax Linum kingii caterpillars 3 food 2 flowers 4
  • Southern Flax Linum australe caterpillars 3 food 2 flowers 4
  • New Mexico Yellow Flax Linum neomexicanum caterpillars 3 food 2 flowers 3
  • Stiff Yellow Flax Linum medium caterpillars 2 food 3 flowers 3
  • Digynum Flax Linum digynum caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 4
  • Ridged Yellow Flax Linum striatum caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 3
  • Virginia Flax Linum virginianum caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 3
  • Sandplain Flax Linum intercursum caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 3
  • Utah Yellow-flax Linum subteres caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 5
  • Texas Flax Linum hudsonioides caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 1
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