Oligomeris linifolia(Vahl ex Hornem.) J.F.Macbr.

lineleaf whitepuff

WFO wfo-0000388297 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by william_hoyer
fig. a william_hoyer, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 203074794
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. b Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182947102
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by Xochitl Zambrano
fig. c Xochitl Zambrano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122231297
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. d Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65085379
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. e Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63839116
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by william_hoyer
fig. f william_hoyer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63062045
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by Bob Miller
fig. g Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62274316
Oligomeris linifolia, photographed by william_hoyer
fig. h william_hoyer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42472268

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Oligomeris linifolia is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, China South-Central, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Kriti, Arizona, California, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah AlgeriaChadEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoNamibiaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaChina South-CentralGulf StatesIranIraqKuwaitOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenIndiaPakistanKritiArizonaCaliforniaMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestNevadaNew MexicoTexasUtah Canary Is.
Native distribution of Oligomeris linifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Chad CHA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Namibia NAM
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Mexican Pacific Is. MXI
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
Kriti KRI EUROPE

Not drawn on the map: Mexican Pacific Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 164 in flower of 202 examined

Peak flowering in Feb. Each bar is the share of Oligomeris linifolia observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 164 of 202 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 6 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dipetalia linifolia (Vahl ex Hornem.) Tidestr.
  • Dipetalia ruderalis A.Heller
  • Dipetalia subulata (Webb & Berthel.) Kuntze
  • Oligomeris dispersa Müll.Arg.
  • Oligomeris dregeana var. sphaerocarpa Abdallah
  • Oligomeris ellimia Webb
  • Oligomeris glaucescens Cambess.
  • Oligomeris resedella Webb
  • Oligomeris ruderalis A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.
  • Oligomeris subulata (Webb & Berthel.) Webb
  • Reseda linifolia Vahl ex Hornem.
  • Reseda oligandra Edgew.
  • Reseda schimperi C.Presl
  • Reseda subulata Delile
  • Reseda tridens Viv.
  • Resedella subulata Webb & Berthel.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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