Linaceae
Blue flax
Linum perenne
- Family
- Linaceae
- Genus
- Linum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 多年生亚麻, 宿根亚麻, 豆麻, 亚麻花, 百骑大栗树, 蓝亚麻
- Czech
- Len vytrvalý
- Danish
- Staude-Hør
- English
- Blue flax, Perennial flax
- Finnish
- Sinipellava
- German
- Ausdauernder Lein, Stauden-Lein
- Russian
- Лён многолетний, Лен многолетний
- Welsh
- Llin parhaol
Synonyms
- Adenolinum perenne (L.) Rchb.
- Adenolinum sibiricum Rchb.
- Linum alpestre Bubani
- Linum alpinum Schangin
- Linum brevisepalum Juz.
- Linum darmstadinum Alef.
- Linum decurrens Kellogg
- Linum elatum Salisb.
- Linum perenne unranked roseum Barr & Sugden
- Linum perenne var. pauciflorum Regel
- Linum perenne var. perenne
- Linum perenne var. procumbens Gray
- Linum sibiricum DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,828 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Thomas Huntke , Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joris Egger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cjandris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: György Svantek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Swallowtail Garden Seeds from Santa Rosa, California, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: aloebarbara9, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sciencia58, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: zsoff toth, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Amelie DIDIER, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: brigitte.berkmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: gyanoj50, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.