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Flax

Linum usitatissimum L.

Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum

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Flax: Linum usitatissimum , Linaceae, Flax, Linseed, habitus. The fresh, aerial parts of blooming plants are used in homeopathy as remedy: Linum usitatissimum
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Common names

By language (110)
aeb
Kattèn, كتّان
Afrikaans
Vlas
Amharic
ተልባ
Arabic
كتان, الكتان, الكتان الأحمر, مسلج
Armenian
Կտավատ
arz
كتان
azb
عادی کتان
Azerbaijani
Adi zəyrək
Bangla
তিসি
Basque
Liho
Belarusian
Лён звычайны, Лён
Bosnian
Lan
Bulgarian
Културен лен
Cantonese
亞麻
Catalan
Lli, Semillí
Cherokee
ᎤᎦᏔ
Chinese
亚麻, 亞麻, 亚麻子, 壁虱胡麻, 山西胡麻, 鸦麻, 胡麻
Croatian
Lan
csb
Len
Czech
Len setý
Danish
Almindelig hør, Hør, Hørfrø
Dutch
Vlas, Vezelvlas
English
Flax, Common flax, Fibre flax
Esperanto
Ordinara lino, Kutima lino
Estonian
Harilik lina, Lina
Filipino
Lino
Finnish
Pellava, Peltopellava, Kuitupellava, Öljypellava
French
Lin cultivé, Lin
frr
Flaaks
Galician
Liño
Georgian
Linari
German
Gemeiner Lein, Faserlein, Gemeiner Flachs, Haarlinse, Kultur-Lein, Saat-Lein, Öllein
Greek
Λινάρι
Guarani
Lino
Gujarati
અળસી
Hebrew
פשתן, פשתה
Hindi
अलसी, अलसी एक चमत्कारी, आयुवर्धक, आरोग्यवर्धक दैविक भोजन, तीसी, सन
hsb
Prawy len, Dźěłany len, Pólny len
Hungarian
Házi len, Len
hyw
Կտաւատ
Icelandic
Hör
Indonesian
Flax
io
Lino
Irish
Líon
Italian
Lino
Japanese
アマ, アマニ, リンシード, 亜麻, 亜麻仁
kab
Tiffest
Kannada
ಅಗಸೆನಾರು
Korean
아마
Kurdish
Loke
kv
Шабді
kw
Lin
lah
السی
Latin
Linum
Latvian
Sējas lini, Lini, Sējas lins
li
Vlas, Liene, Linne
Lithuanian
Sėjamasis linas
ltg
Siejamais lyns
Macedonian
Лен, Gemeiner Lein, Обичен лен
Malagasy
Rongony
Malay
Flaks
Malayalam
ചെറുചണ, Flax, അഗശി, അതസി, ചെറു ചണ
Marathi
जवस, लिनम युसिटेटिसियम
Mongolian
Маалинга
mwl
Lhino, Lhinaça, Lhino galhego, Lhino mourisco
mzn
کتون
nah
Lino
Nepali
आलस
new
सन
Norwegian Bokmål
Lin, Alminnelig lin
Norwegian Nynorsk
Lin
Occitan
Lin cultivat
olo
Pelvas
os
Даргъ лыстæг гæн
pdc
Flax
Persian
کتان
Polish
Len zwyczajny, Len włóknisty
Portuguese
Linho, Linhaça, Linheiro, Linho galego, Linho mourisco
Punjabi
ਅਲਸੀ
Quechua
Linu, Lino
Romanian
In
rsk
Лєн
Russian
Лён обыкновенный, Лен обыкновенный, Лен посевной, Лён посевной, Лён-долгунец
sco
Lint
Serbian
Лан
Serbian (Latin)
Lan
sgs
Lėns
Sindhi
السي
Slovak
Ľan siaty
Slovenian
Navadni lan, Lan, Lanovec, Len, Linus usitatissiumum, Predivovec, Preslej, Prezavec
Somali
Qoondar
Spanish
Lino
stq
Floaks, Floaksferoarbaidenge
Swedish
Lin, Oljelin, Spånadslin
Tamil
ஆளி, ஆளி - செடி
Tatar
Гади җитен
Telugu
మదన గింజ
Thai
แฟลกซ์
Turkish
Keten, Keten Tohumu
Ukrainian
Льон, Льон звичайний
Urdu
السی
Uyghur
زىغىر
Uzbek
Zigʻir
vep
Järgeline pölvaz
Vietnamese
Cây lanh
vls
Vlas
Walloon
Lén, Coûtivé lén, Lin, Lén coûtivé
Welsh
Llin, Cywarch
Western Frisian
Flaaks
wuu
亚麻

Synonyms

  • Linum angustifolium subsp. usitatissimum (L.) Rouy
  • Linum usitatissimum subsp. crepitans Elladi

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.