Photo: Linum usitatissimum 8.

Photo: Linum usitatissimum 8.

A row of white-flowered flax plants. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-11.


Linum usitatissimum L.
Engl.: flax, annual flax, common flax, linseed, linseed flax.
Deu.: Lein, Flachs, Saat-Lein.
Suom.: pellava, kuitupellava, peltopellava, öljypellava.
Sven.: lin, hör, oljelin, spånadslin, äkta lin.
Bot. syn.: Linum humile P. Mill.