Kebnat

Linum

4 species

In Québec, the genus Linum (family Linaceae) counts 4 species of plants. The stars? Common flax, Fairy flax and Flowering flax, the most often observed. The richest region: Chaudière-Appalaches, with 3 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  3. Estrie2
  4. Montréal2
  5. Lanaudière2
  6. Laurentides2
  7. Montérégie2
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  9. Capitale-Nationale1
  10. Outaouais1
  11. Côte-Nord1
  12. Laval1

Linum 4

Malpighiales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Linaceae
All120Salicaceae49Violaceae27Euphorbiaceae19Hypericaceae15Elatinaceae4Linaceae4Phyllanthaceae1Podostemaceae1
Common flax34 observations
Fairy flax17 observations
Flowering flax9 observations
Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum