Bed-jacket vs Grooved Flax

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Linum sulcatum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Grooved Flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Grooved Flax
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Linaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Linum
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Linum sulcatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Grooved Flax share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Grooved Flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Grooved Flax
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Grooved Flax

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.