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Linum strictum
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<p><i>Linum strictum</i>, commonly known as rigid flax, upright flax, and upright yellow flax, is a species of flax with a rigid stem, from whence it derives its taxonomic name, growing to a height of 10–45 cm. The plant is endemic to the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean</a> region, as well as native to <a href="/facts/Sudan/yGeaNdvS">Sudan</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a>, <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a>, <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a>, <a href="/facts/Crimea/GkM1qNVC">Crimea</a>, <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a>, <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a>, <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a>, <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a>, <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>, <a href="/facts/Madeira/HRlYxvhe">Madeira</a>, the <a href="/facts/Canary_Islands/7lfpqymu">Canary Islands</a>, the <a href="/facts/Transcaucasus/MQaTkhRJ">Transcaucasus</a>, <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a> (Asir), <a href="/facts/Bahrain/ndXdWPhr">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a>, <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>, and northwest <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>. It features highly in classical Hebrew and Greek literature, owing principally to its cultivation for its plant fiber, <a href="/facts/Linen/MHrhhjyW">linen</a>, but also for its edible seeds and culinary foliage. </p>