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Linaceae
Reinwardtia
Reinwardtia indica
Winter sunshine and optimism.
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Reinwardtia
- Native to
- India, Nepal, Southern China
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- Evergreen shrub
- Height
- 60-90 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, fertile
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- It is commonly called 'yellow flax' because it belongs to the same family as true flax.
- The plant blooms profusely during the cold winter months when few other plants are flowering.
- It was named after Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, a 19th-century German-Dutch botanist.
- Each individual flower lasts only a day, but the plant produces so many that it appears continuously in bloom.
- In the Himalayan foothills, it brightens hillsides with masses of golden flowers during November and December.
Color meanings
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Cheerfulness
1
Warmth
2
Hope in cold times