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Virginia Yellow Flax

Linum virginianum

Found in dry or moist places. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Good

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
Up to about 2.5 feet
Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
June to October

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 40 Alabama counties.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Linum

  • Anticarsia gemmatalisVelvetbean Caterpillar Moth
  • Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
  • Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Euptoieta claudiaVariegated Fritillary, (?)Gulf Fritillary
  • Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
  • Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
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  • Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
  • Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Linum

  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Linaceae
Soil pH
Neutral
Flower color
Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Linum virginianum var. virginianum; Woodland Flax

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG4G5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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