Linaceae

Flax

Linum narbonense L.

Family: Linaceae
Genus: Linum

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Flax (Linum narbonense) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

arz: لينوم ناربونينس
Catalan: Lli blau, Lli de Narbona
Chinese: 那波奈亚麻
Danish: Fransk Hør
English: Flax, Blue flax, Perennial flax
French: Lin de Narbonne
Persian: کتان آبی
Slovenian: Francoski lan
Spanish: Lino azul, Lino de Narbona, Lino narbonense

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 785 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Chalmandrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Denis Barthel at German Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franck Cabot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: fanny.cornuejols, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fernández Soler Esther, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raimundo Cabrera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.