Grooved Yellow Flax (Linum sulcatum)

Grooved Yellow Flax, a reference photo — Photo: Joshua Mayer · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Linum sulcatum, common names yellow flax, grooved yellow flax, grooved flax, and yellow wild flax is a plant native to the United States and Canada.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Grooved Yellow Flax being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Linum medium
Linum floridanum
Linum thunbergii
Linum intercursum
Linum compactum
Linum rupestre

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Linaceae
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum sulcatum

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species