Plant Details

Accepted name:: Linum catharticum L. [Linaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Linum catharticum var. catharticum

Linum catharticum var. subalpinum Hausskn.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cathartic flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fairy flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
linum catharticum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mountain flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purgier-lein	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purging flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
vildlin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white flax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cathartolinum catharticum (L.) Small in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 74 (1907).
Cathartolinum pratense Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 307 (1837), nom. superfl.
Nezera cathartica (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Linum catharticum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Linum catharticum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Linum catharticum

Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Linum catharticum L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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