Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Thymelaea passerina (L.) Coss. & Germ.
Spurge Flax; Mezereon
Herb
Annual
Vascular
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As reported by Webb et al (1997), the inclusion of this taxon in the Alabama flora is based on a single plant from the "Srygley Barren" in Colbert County.
Not Native
Webb, D. H., H. R. DeSelm and W. M. Dennis. 1997. Studies of prairie barrens of northwestern Alabama. Castanea 62: 173-184.
Classification
Citation
<a href=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/image?id=hvd.32044106452782;seq=418;size=175;rotation=0>Thymelaea passerina (Linnaeus) Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, Syn. Anal. Fl. Paris (ed. 2) 360. 1859.</a>
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358578>Stellera passerina L. 1753.</a>
<a href=http://linnean-online.org/5627/>Without data (lectotype: LINN 503.1). Lectotypified by Kit Tan, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38(2): 237.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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