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Linum nervosum Waldst. et Kit.

Flora Europaea perennial, H, 2n=18, diploid xeric to mesoxeric steppe and forest-steppe species Pontic-Pannonian-north Balkan Festucion valesiacae R34 non -rocky habitats         A species from the Pontic steppes which expands as west as Transylvania, southern Pannonian Basin (Serbia) and Ludogorie Tableland (northern Bulgaria). In Romania it is a common presence only in the yet well preserved xeric and mesoxeric steppe grasslands of Transylvania (especially the south-western Transylvanian Plain) being extremely rare in Moldavia (3-5 localities) and Dobrudja. Its range in the Romanian flora is in a continuous regress. The species can easily be distinguished from all the other Linum species by its very large pale lilac flowers and the much wider leaves, of a caracteristical lanceolate form. Boj-Catun, not far from Boju railway station, eastern flank of Straja Mare Hill, Cluj county, May 2010. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.net Boj-Catun, not far from Boju railway station, eastern flank of Straja Mare Hill, Cluj county, June 2007 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com