Flax

Flax
From LoveToKnow 1911
FLAX. The terms flax or lint (Ger. Flachs, Fr. lin, Lat. linum) are employed at once to denote the fibre so called, and the plant from which it is prepared.

Flax
By Howieboy
Flax (Linum) - A very interesting group of plants, too often neglected in gardens, though remarkable for beauty of color, ...

Flax lily
Dianella revoluta 'Little Rev' ('Dr5000') (PBR)
Genus: Dianella
Species: revoluta
Cultivar: 'Little Rev' ('Dr5000') (PBR) ...

Flax
Related Category: Plants
common name for members of the Linaceae, a family of annual herbs, especially members of the genus Linum, and for the fiber obtained from such plants.

Flax is one of those plants that has many uses: As a flower, for health and medicinal use, a grain crop, making fabrics, and much more. Most home gardeners view Flax as one of the very few "True Blue" flowers.

Flax plants wake up with a cheer every morning. In spite of their wispy little stems and small leaves that may nearly disappear in dry weather, flax plants open up a whole bouquet of fresh flowers each day with the rising sun.

Flax seed information
Flax seed - Linum usitatissimum (in the Linaceae or Flax family)
Parts used: Seed.

Flax
(Linum usitatissimum LINN.)
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---History---Flax is one of the English-grown medicinal herbs, the products of which are included in the British Pharmacopoeia, its seed known as Linseed, ...

Linum (Flax)
Linum are elegant perennials for the rock garden in a partially shaded to sunny and dryish position.

Western Blue Flax
Linum lewisii Pursh
Synonym: L. perenne
Family: Linaceae, Flax
Genus: Linum ...

Grooved yellow flax is rare in Connecticut; it is classified by the state as a species of special concern.

Gnidium, Spurge Flax
Common Names in French:
Daphné Garou, Garou, Sain-Bois, Sainbois, Saint Bois, Thymelée ...

This New Zealand flax has dark reddish brown leaves that form a neat clump less than 2 feet tall and about as wide. It makes a great container plant.
Phormium tenax
(New Zealand flax) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones: ...

Linaceae / Flax Common Yellow Flax (Linum medium)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 90cm in height (36inches). A slinder, delicate plant with stiff, ascending upper branches.

( Aurora New Zealand Flax )
Clumps of large, upright, rigid, linear leaves, up to 10 feet in length, have attractive, variegated foliage with tints of pink and dark green above, blue-green beneath. A bold garden accent.

Variegated Flax Lily
Description
Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' comes from South East Australia, this is a grass-like perennial that is grown for it's bold white stripes.

Phormium is also called New Zealand Flax, because the Maoris actually used it for making a type of linen clothing, as well as for ropes and baskets.

Flax
Linum usitatissimum
MEDICINAL: Flax is used as an aid to achieving cardiovascular health, to help in menopause, and as a mild laxative. The seed and the seed oil are being studied as a possible cure for cancer.

Flax Leafed Wattle - Upright shrub to 6-10' tall w/pendulous branches & pale cream flowers summer-fall. Plant in full coastal sun/shade. Regular irrigation. Hardy to 20F.
Acacia longifolia ...

Flax - Linum species
Apr 29th
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Window Boxes ...

flax-leaf broom (Genista linifolia) is spineless and its stalkless or almost stalkless (i.e. sessile or sub-sessile) leaves have three leaflets (i.e. they are trifoliate). The relatively large leaflets (10-30 mm long) are long and narrow (i.e.

FLAX
Flax (family Linaceae, genus Linum) is a flowering plant from cool, temperate areas. It has narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers - the plant grow to be up to about 1.5 to 2 feet tall.

Scarlet Flax
"Fire is bright,
Let temple burn, or flax." Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(1806‚1861) ...

Mountain flax (P. cookianum), wharariki in Maori, grows to two metres tall in its native habitat, with narrow leaves that are arching rather than erect. Its flowers, which appear in midsummer, are greenish yellow.

Flowering flax, Linum grandiflorum
Flowering maple, Abutilon hybridum
Flowering tobacco, Hybrid, Nicotiana x sanderae ...

Linaceae (Flax Family)
Mesynium (Linum) aristatum
Mesynium (Linum) puberulum ...

False Gaura, Flax Leaved Stenosiphon, Gaura,False
Species:
Stenosiphon linifolius ...

A weed of corn and flax fields in Britain[17].
Range
E. Europe to W. Asia. Occasionally naturalized in Britain[17].

Phormium colensoi (Mountain Flax)
Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax)
Sansevieria canaliculata
Sansevieria gracilis
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Bowstring Hemp)
Sansevieria kirkii ssp. pulchra (Star Sansevieria)
Sansevieria parva (Kenya hyacinth) ...

Blue Flax (Linum perenne)
Blue Flax (Linum perenne lewisii)
Blue Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica 'Royal Blue')
Blue Globe Onion (Allium caeruleum)
Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
Blue Hesper (Brahea armata)
Blue Hibiscus (Alyogyne huegelii) ...

Cloth is often made from cotton, flax or synthetic fibers derived from cellulose, such as rayon and acetate. Renewable fuels from plants include firewood, peat and many other biofuels. Coal and petroleum are fossil fuels derived from plants.

Atasi अतसी (Linum usitatissimum) -- Flax
This pretty blue flower is popular in Sanskrit literature for comparing with the complexion of Krishna.

Linum grandiflorum (flax): Saucer-shaped rose-pink flowers with dark eyes in summer.
Hordeum jubatum (squirrel tail grass): Long silky tufted flowers on grassy stems from early to mid-summer.

Dodder is a major economic problem for such crops as alfalfa, clover, and flax.

The first two things to hit me was the extensive use of phormiums (New Zealand Flax), and the large number of variegated hollies.

This new gold striped Flax Lily has striking foliage with medium green and bright yellow along the entire length of the leaf.
It will add brightness and in shady spots in the landscape.

interplanted with perennials in shades that set off the corals and yellows of 'Rock Star', 'Pink Attraction' and 'Eternal Bliss' bearded iris; 'Prima Ballerina' and 'Nuccio's Pearl' camellias; lovely Homeria collina; bright yellow New Zealand flax ...

Linum Perenne Lewisii
Blue Flax
Native: Yes
Perennial
Habitat: Full sun; light soil. Surface sow or to no more than 1/8" deep. Attracts Butterflies.

Linum rubrum (L. grandiflorum) Flax, Scarlet
annual, easy care
created by ladybug
zones: 1a thru 11b ...

The seeds were used in France and Switzerland for whitening hemp, flax, silk, and wool and can also dye fabrics a sky-blue color. The conkers placed in the corners of a room are rumored to keep spiders away.

Santolina: from sanctum linum, holy flax, the old name for S. virens.
Santolina chamaecyparissus [Lavender Cotton] Common Name List
(plant habit, spring (before flowering)) (plant habit, spring, older plant) (branches) ...

Reinwardtia indica
Family: Linaceae
Golden girl, Yellow flax
Origin: South Asia ...

One source says the seeds were mixed in with flax seeds the governor had imported from the Mediterranean region; another says that he ordered "guinea grass" from Turkey about 1835. Early names for the weed were Mean's Grass and Guinea Grass.

Nombres relacionados: Alazzaz (Marruecos), Alezzaz (Marruecos), Alzaz (Marruecos), Daphne paniculata (sinónimo), Garou (francés), Innif (Marruecos), Innit (Marruecos), Matapollos (castellano), Mathnane (Marruecos), Sabbar (Marruecos), Spurge Flax ...

Economic Importance. Seeds of flax (Linum usitatissimum) have been usedfor oil, etc., for about 10,000 years (Vaisey-Genser & Morris 2003).

The leaf is clearly a bundle of stalk fibers, splayed out flat as in a fan with 80 or more veins, and terminating in a wavy edge without converging to an apex as everyday leaves do. Get a leaf of flax, a reed, and a palm leaflet, ...

kept for about a quarter of an hour, then removed with the possibility of applying it on another area. For children, or for those who cannot tolerate the irritating property of mustard, the poultice is prepared with 50g mustard flour and 100g flax ...

Dianella Tasmanica - Flax Lily
Dieffenbachia hybrid called Tropic Honey
Dieffenbachia Sterling
Dieffenbachia Tropic Snow
Digging Into the Dracaena deremensis 'Warneckii' Root System
Dracaena deremensis Warneckii Cane Stump ...

See also: May, Green, Grass, Pink, Rose