Linum thracicum, Degen

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 207

4. L. thracicum Degen , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 43: 55 (1893).

Like 3 but stems usually 20-40 cm, more numerous, slender, ascending, and sepals 8-10 mm, narrowly acuminate, 1$-2 times as long as capsule. • Balkan peninsula. Bu G r Ju Tu. L. rhodopeum Velen. , Sitz.-Ber. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. (Math.-Nat. Kl.) 1895(37): 3 (1896), from S. Bulgaria and Samothraki, seems to differ only in its few stems and petals 16-18 mm. L. turcicum Podp. , Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien SI: 637 (1902), from Greece (Olimbos), is a robust plant with ovate, 5-veined leaves, narrowly- acuminate calyx and beak of capsule c. 2-5 mm. The status of these two variants is doubtful.