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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Flax Family
  7. Flaxes
  8. Linum perenne
  9. Perennial Flax

species 5,471 observations

Perennial Flax

Linum perenne

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

25 native animals
supported in the US
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Tansy Mustard Sweat Bee, Andrena anograe, Margined Calligrapher, Hunt's Bumble Bee 25

Children

  • Blue Flax

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Dry Well drained
Soil
Rocky Loam Clay
Soil pH
Acid Neutral Alkaline
Drought tolerant
Yes
Resists
Dry soil Poor soil
Habit
Creeping Erect Multi stemmed
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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