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|accepted_name=Linum harperi
|accepted_authority=Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. S.E. U.S.
|place=663, 1332. 1903
|year=1903
}}
|common_names=Harper's flax
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cathartolinum harperi
|authority=(Small) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Linum sulcatum var. harperi
|authority=(Small) C. M. Rogers
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Linaceae;Linum;Linum sect. Linopsis;Linum harperi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Linum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Linum sect. Linopsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Linum harperi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 379
|treatment_page=page 386
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 25–85 cm, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, unbranched proximally, few to many branched distal to middle. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal 0–13 pairs opposite (often fallen at anthesis), distal alternate, appressed-ascending; stipular glands usually present, very rarely absent; blade of proximal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, of distal ones linear, 7–30 × 1–3 mm, margins entire, not ciliate, apex acute to subulate; midrib prominent, marginal nerves less conspicuous. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemelike; bracts glandular-toothed, not ciliate. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.3–4.7 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, outer sepals oblong, 2.3–3.7 mm, margins not scarious, all very coarsely, irregularly glandular-toothed (inner sepals more closely and finely toothed than outer), apex acute; petals pale yellow, obovate, 5–10 mm; stamen length unknown; anthers 0.3–0.7 mm; staminodia absent; styles connate 0.2–1.8 mm at base, 2–4.5 mm; stigmas capitate. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 2.5–3.3 × 2.1–3 mm, apex rounded to acute, dehiscing freely into 10, sharp-pointed, 1-seeded segments, segments persistent on plant, false septa incomplete, margins prominently ciliate. <b>Seeds</b> 1.6–2.1 × 0.8–1.1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Dry pine barrens, clearings in pine flatwoods, calcareous soils or limestone outcrops.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.
|discussion=<p>Dried plants of <i>Linum harperi</i> are dark purple-dotted distally. The species occurs in the center of the Florida panhandle, southwestern Georgia, and central Alabama.</p>
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name=Linum harperi
|authority=Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Cathartolinum harperi;Linum sulcatum var. harperi
|basionyms=
|family=Linaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Dry pine barrens, clearings in pine flatwoods, calcareous soils or limestone outcrops.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. S.E. U.S.
|publication year=1903
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Linum
|section=Linum sect. Linopsis
|species=Linum harperi
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