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Flax is harvested for fiber production after about 100 days, or a month after the plants flower and two weeks after the seed capsules form. The bases of the plants begin to turn yellow. If the plants are still green, the seed will not be useful, and the fiber will be underdeveloped. The fiber degrades once the plants turn brown.
Linum grandiflorum is a species of flax known by several common names, including flowering flax, [2] red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax. It is native to Algeria and Tunisia, but it is known elsewhere in Northern Africa, Southern Europe and in several locations in North America as an introduced species .
Blue flax is a durable wildflower in garden conditions, never becoming overly aggressive towards other plants. Plants are easily grown from seed. [7] Blue flax grows well in lean soils without much organic matter and are healthier in well-drained soils.
Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species [1] [2] in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax ( L. usitatissimum ), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil .
Linum perenne, the perennial flax, [2] blue flax or lint, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps and locally in England.It has been introduced into North America, where it can be found on mountain ridges, wooded areas, and in sandy plain habitats of the sagebrush steppe, growing near sagebrush and rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus).
Linum marginale, commonly known as native flax or wild flax, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Linaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a perennial herb with few branches, linear leaves, and blue flowers with five usually blue petals with darker veins.