species
Linum usitatissimum
Flax · Common flax · Fibre flax
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Linum usitatissimum belongs to the family Linaceae, also known as Flax, Common flax or Fibre flax, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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