Linum usitatissimum var. usitatissimum

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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