Specimen profile Növényprofil

Linum usitatissimum L.

Common name Köznév Common flax Házi len
Family Linaceae
Genus Linum

Classification

Scientific name Tudományos név Linum usitatissimum L.
Common name Köznév Common flax Házi len
Family Linaceae
Genus Linum

Common Names

  • Common flax
  • Flax

Botanical Garden Location

Crops Haszonnövények (16)

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This plant is part of the Collection of crop plants (Medicinal, dye, textile and oil plants) collection. Ez a növény az Haszonnövények gyűjteménye (Gyógy-, festék-, textil és olajnövények) gyűjtemény része.

Toxicity

Humans
unknown ismeretlen
Cats Dogs
unknown ismeretlen

Native Distribution

Australia | Belgium | Germany | Ireland | Italy | Kenya | Russian Federation | Spain | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United States of America
Detailed Regions

Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus Transcaucasus Western Asia Iran Iraq Lebanon-Syria Turkey Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Macaronesia Azores Canary Is. Madeira Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia Northern Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Oman Saudi Arabia Yemen China China North-Central China South-Central China Southeast Inner Mongolia Manchuria Tibet Xinjiang Eastern Asia Japan Korea Middle Asia Kazakhstan Kirgizistan Tadzhikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Mongolia Mongolia Russian Far East Amur Kamchatka Khabarovsk Primorye Sakhalin Western Asia Afghanistan Cyprus East Aegean Is. Palestine Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India Nepal Pakistan West Himalaya Indo-China Thailand Vietnam Australasia Australia Tasmania Europe Eastern Europe Central European Russia East European Russia South European Russia Ukraine Middle Europe Belgium Czechoslovakia Northern Europe Ireland Southeastern Europe Albania Bulgaria Italy Kriti Sicilia Turkey-in-Europe Yugoslavia Southwestern Europe Baleares Corse France Portugal Sardegna Spain Northern America Eastern Canada Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario Québec Mexico Mexico Central Mexico Northeast Mexico Northwest Mexico Southwest North-Central U.S.A. Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Wisconsin Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut Indiana Maine Masachusettes Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode I. Vermont West Virginia Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona California Subarctic America Northwest Territories Western Canada Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Saskatchewan Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia Southern America Caribbean Bermuda Cuba Dominican Republic Central America Costa Rica Southern South America Argentina Northeast Argentina Northwest Argentina South Chile Central Chile North Uruguay Western South America Ecuador

Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus Transcaucasus Western Asia Iran Iraq Lebanon-Syria Turkey Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Macaronesia Azores Canary Is. Madeira Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia Northern Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Oman Saudi Arabia Yemen China China North-Central China South-Central China Southeast Inner Mongolia Manchuria Tibet Xinjiang Eastern Asia Japan Korea Middle Asia Kazakhstan Kirgizistan Tadzhikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Mongolia Mongolia Russian Far East Amur Kamchatka Khabarovsk Primorye Sakhalin Western Asia Afghanistan Cyprus East Aegean Is. Palestine Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India Nepal Pakistan West Himalaya Indo-China Thailand Vietnam Australasia Australia Tasmania Europe Eastern Europe Central European Russia East European Russia South European Russia Ukraine Middle Europe Belgium Czechoslovakia Northern Europe Ireland Southeastern Europe Albania Bulgaria Italy Kriti Sicilia Turkey-in-Europe Yugoslavia Southwestern Europe Baleares Corse France Portugal Sardegna Spain Northern America Eastern Canada Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario Québec Mexico Mexico Central Mexico Northeast Mexico Northwest Mexico Southwest North-Central U.S.A. Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Wisconsin Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut Indiana Maine Masachusettes Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode I. Vermont West Virginia Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona California Subarctic America Northwest Territories Western Canada Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Saskatchewan Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia Southern America Caribbean Bermuda Cuba Dominican Republic Central America Costa Rica Southern South America Argentina Northeast Argentina Northwest Argentina South Chile Central Chile North Uruguay Western South America Ecuador

Data confidence: medium

Synonyms

  • Linum angustifolium subsp. usitatissimum (L.) Rouy
  • Linum arvense Neck.
  • Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumort.