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Common Flax
Common Flax
Linum usitatissimum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Mediterranean and Western Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

One of humanity's oldest cultivated crops, common flax produces both the linen fibers spun from its stems and the linseed oil pressed from its seeds — all topped by delicate sky-blue flowers that last only a single day.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum
Species
Linum usitatissimum