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Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates .
Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species [1] [2] in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax ( L. usitatissimum ), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil .
Linum grandiflorum is a species of flax known by several common names, including flowering flax, [2] red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax.It is native to Algeria and Tunisia, but it is known elsewhere in Northern Africa, Southern Europe and in several locations in North America as an introduced species.
Linum bienne, the pale or narrowleaf flax, [2] is a flowering plant in the genus Linum, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe, north to England and Ireland. Pale flax grows as a biennial or perennial plant in dry, sunny calcareous or neutral grasslands from sea level up to 1000 m. It has long, narrow stems to 60 cm tall and ...
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Linum strictum, commonly known as rigid flax, upright flax, and upright yellow flax, is a species of flax with a rigid stem, from whence it derives its taxonomic name, growing to a height of 10–45 cm.
Linum lewisii (Linum perenne var. lewisii) (Lewis flax, blue flax or prairie flax) is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America. Description [ edit ]
Linum marginale, commonly known as native flax or wild flax, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a perennial herb with few branches, linear leaves, and blue flowers with five usually blue petals with darker veins.