Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Linum L. [614]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Flax

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Linaceae

family_ja: アマ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 200 species of annuals, biennials, and semi-evergreen, ever-green, and deciduous perennials, shrubs, and subshrubs, mainly from grassland, scrub, and dry slopes in temperate areas of the N. hemisphere. They are cultivated for their terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, cymes, or corymbs of colourful, 5-petalled, funnel- to saucer-shaped flowers, which are usually blue, yellow, or white, sometimes pink or red, and are borne over long periods. The simple, mainly alternate, sometimes opposite leaves are usually hairless, and deciduous unless otherwise stated. The smaller species are suitable for a rock garden, the larger ones for a border. Grow annuals in an annual border or as fillers in a herbaceous border.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in spring or autumn: sow annuals in situ, perennials and shrubs in containers in a cold frame. Take stem-tip cuttings of perennials in early summer, and semi-ripe cuttings of subshrubs and shrubs in summer.

pests_en: Susceptible to slugs, snails, and occasionally aphids.

description_ja:

comment: Temp. & subtrop.

comment_ja: アマ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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