Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is the flax of commerce, used for its fiber for at least the last 25,000 years (the source of flax/linen), seeds, and the oil expressed from its seeds (linseed oil). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-001:

Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Linum usitatissimum

COMMON NAME:
Common Flax, Cultivated Flax, Linaza

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lius_001_lvd

        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Linum usitatissimum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 099-01-001:
Linum usitatissimum   FAMILY Linaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Linum usitatissimum