Linaceae

•Leaves simple, linear, alternate sometimes opposite;

•flowers actinomorphic, hypogynous, pentamerous;

•calyx and corolla 5 each, free petals usually contorted, clawed and fugacious, stamens 10, often 5 staminodes, inner connate forming a ring;

•carpels 2-5, syncarpous, multilocular, superior, axile placentation