Phenological and morphological studies on Linum nodiflorum L. populations of Kermanshah

Linum nodiflorum L. has high amount of omega 3 fatty acid. In this study seeds of 8 populations of Linum nodiflorum L., collected from different parts of Kermanshah, were cultivated in a farm at Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of West Azarbaijan. Three samples from each population were selected randomly. During and at the end of growing season phenological and 27 morphological characters such as length of main and secondary stems, numbers of capsules, distance of peduncles, length and diameter of root and and so on were measured. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. The results showed: Some characters had positive correlation. Distance of peduncles with diameter of secondary stems and length and width of capsules with length of root had positive significant correlation at 5% level of significance. There were two individual groups in accordance with measured characteristics. Bistoon sample had the longest period of growth with 3 months and 13 days and the longest period of reproduction was for Mahmud Abad sample with 1 month and 17 days.