Taxonomy
Linum usitatissimum | Flax | Líon
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Fields
Life cycle
Annual
Ex-situ conservation
Seed accessions in the National Genebank, Backweston (acquired 2009) and material held by the Irish Seed Savers Association and Heritage Gardening Ltd.
Use
Thatching
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
Formally widely grown as flax for linen in the north-east. Also used for thatching in the past, particularly in the north where it was mostly cultivated. Infrequently found as a casual or escape from cultivation. Sometimes found as a casual from discarded birdseed.