Linum catharticum L.

Fairy Flax

Minimum height	5
Maximal height	30
Life form	Th
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	T4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_sum

Chromosome number	16
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	5
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.4
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	EUR
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	x
EIV K	3
EIV F	x
EIV R	7
EIV N	2
EIV S	1
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5a
WZ-scale	7
RZ-scale	0
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	0
NS-scale	1-2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	7
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	2
LB-scale	7
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	20.800
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	15.924
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	276.600
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	515.385
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	25.540
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	23.767
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.001
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.667

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.