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Linaceae
Common Flax
Linum usitatissimum
Domestic industry.
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Linum
- Native to
- Eastern Mediterranean, western Asia
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 1-4 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- annual
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Flax was one of humanity's earliest cultivated crops — domesticated at least 9,000 years ago for fiber and seed.
- Each delicate sky-blue flower opens at dawn and drops its petals by midday.
- Linen fabric is made from the long fibers in the plant's stem; flaxseed yields linseed oil and edible omega-3-rich seeds.
- Egyptian mummies were wrapped in linen made from flax cultivated along the Nile.
- A field of blooming flax appears to ripple like water when wind blows across it.
Color meanings
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fate
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good will
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hard work