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Linum humile
| Common name: |
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Family: |
Linaceae |
| Author: |
Mill. |
Botanical references: |
50, 235 |
| Synonyms: |
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| Known Hazards: |
None known |
| Range: |
N. Africa - Mediterranean. |
| Habitat: |
The plant has been cultivated for many centuries for its fibre and oil, it is not known in a genuinely wild state[235]. |
| Edibility Rating (1-5): |
1 | Medicinal Rating (1-5): | 0 |
| Other Possible Synonyms: | From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below. |
| L. crepitans[G]
L. usitatissimum[B,C,CAL,DUTCH,ENERGY,E,G,H,HPIC,L,Mh,Shl,P]
L. usitatissimum subsp. transitorium[G]
L. usitatissimum var. humile[B,G,P]
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| Other Common Names: | From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below. |
| Ama [E], Annual Flax [H], Chih Ma [E], Common Flax [P,L,H], Cultivated Flax [B], Flax [S,H,E,L,MS], Flax, Common [S], Hu Ma [E], Kahtan [E], Keten [E], Kettan [E], Kittan [E], Lin [E], Linaza [E], Lino [E], Linseed [E,H], Linseed Flax [H], Vlas [D], |
| Epithets: | From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets |
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humile = low growing
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| Systematics: | From a USDA Plants Database |
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Order: Linales. Flax family
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| Other Range Info: |
From the Ethnobotany Database |
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Belgium
Britain China Egypt Ei Germany India India(Santal) Iraq Kurdistan Mexico Peru Spain Turkey Us Us(Amerindian) Us(Pa) Venezuela
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Physical Characteristics
Annual growing to 0.6m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects.
We rate it 1/5 for edibility and
0/5 for medicinal use.
The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and requires well-drained soil.
The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.
It cannot grow in the shade.
It requires moist soil.
Habitats and Possible Locations
Cultivated Beds.Edible Uses
Oil.
The seed yields 42 - 45% of an edible oil[61, 74].
Medicinal Uses
Disclaimer
None known
Other Uses
Fibre.
A fibre is obtained from the stem[74].
Cultivation details
Prefers a light well-drained moderately fertile humus-rich soil in a
sunny sheltered position[200].
Considered by most botanists to be no more than a cultivar of L.
usitatissimum, it is cultivated for its fibre and seed.
Propagation
Seed - sow early spring in situ.
Suppliers
For more details of plant suppliers please see our Suppliers Page which lists many more places to look.
Web References
References for Linum usitatissimum (a possible synonym).
- [H] Details of Scandanavian and European Common names in Henriette's names database
- [E] Ethnobotany Data
(common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
- [V] Images
from the Vascular Plant Image Gallery of the Texas A& M Bioinformatics Working Group.
- [B] Data
(Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
- [S] Image
from the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
- [G] Data
(Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
- [C] Taxon data.
from the CalFlora database.
- [PHARM] Phytochemical Data
(common names, uses, countries) from Dr Duke's Phytochemical Database.
- [P] Data.
(uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
- [HEC] Use, Folk Medicine, etc. from Handbook of Energy Crops by James Duke
References for linum usitatissimum (a possible synonym).
References for the family Linaceae.
See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.
Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.
[50] ? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964
An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.
[61] Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974 ISBN 0094579202
Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.
[74] Komarov. V. L. Flora of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1968
An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers.
[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[235] Britton. N. L. Brown. A. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Dover Publications. New York. 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5
Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book.
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