What is Linum?
Linum or flax is the largest family in the Linzae family, consisting of about 200 species of flowering plants, almost 80% of all Linzae. These species are sometimes grown as decorative plants, but one type l. Known as ordinary linen or linen seeds, l. Linum plants have a large native range and grows in subtropical and mild areas. Their flowers can be yellow, blue, pink, white or red.
Common lining, originally from the Mediterranean, is one of the oldest plants in cultivation. Its fibers are used to produce canvas at least from the days of ancient Egypt. Linum Usitatissimum is also grown for their seeds, which are used in colors, feed for cattle and kitchen. Linen seeds and linen seed sprouts are high-3 fatty acids and are often consideredana for a healthy food. Linseed oil present in the seeds also has many important uses, for example in the production of oil paint and linoleum and as a food supplement.
Linum bientene or pale linseed is also originally for the Mediterranean, although it has a wider range than conventional linen, it extends to Western Europe and the British Isles. It is grown as a garden plant for its light blue flowers that bloom at the end of spring and summer. Pale linen has become naturalized in the coastal areas of the United States and Hawaii.
Fairy -tale linen or l. Catharticum is summer flowering species originating in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Asia. l. Perrenne , called permanent linen or blue linen, is originally in high altitude areas of Europe. l. Pubescens is a pink flowered plant originally in the Mediterranean. Algerian red linen, l. Grandiflorum , is popularThe garden plant for its unusual scarlet flowers and its hardness. It was introduced to the British Isles and part of the United States.
There are also many types of new world lineum . l. Lewisii , known as Lewis Flax or Prairie linseed, is a light blue flower throughout Western North America. It is grown as a garden plant, especially in gardens emphasizing native species. l. Lewisii is tolerant of droughts and grows aggressively. l. Medium is a yellow flowering eastern North American species.
l. puberulum or Plains Flax is originally in a dry climate in Western United States. It has bright yellow to orange flowers. l. Cratericola is a critically endangered species of the new world that grows only in the South American country of Ecuador.