Linum usitatissimum

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Internationalization

Български: Културен лен · Deutsch: Gemeiner Lein, Echter Lein, Flachs, Saat-Lein · English: Brown flax, Common Flax, Linseed · Español: Lino comun · Français : Lin commun · Italiano: Lino comune · Nederlands: Vlas, Lijnzaad · 日本語: 亜麻 · Português: Linho · Slovenščina: navadni lan · Svenska: Lin ·
Divisio: Magnoliophyta • Classis: Rosidae • Subclassis: Rosopsida • Ordo: Malpighiales • Familia: Linaceae • Genus: Linum

Species: Linum usitatissimum L. (1753)


[edit] Flax

Flax flower

Field of flax in Normandy
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Breaking flax in Russia, 1910

Flax

Flax and poppies

Flax and poppies
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Capsules (nl:zaaddozen)

Ripe capsules (nl:rijpe zaaddozen)
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Seeds

Linseed
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Threshing, retting and dressing flax in the Roscheider Hof, Open Air Museum
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Linum usitatissimum field, Vlasveld (1).jpg

[edit] Fibers

For plumber work and textiles

Flax fibers for plumber work

Flax fibers for plumber work

Flax straw, yarn and rope

[edit] Illustrations

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Haustorium von Cuscuta epilinum an Linum usitatissimum. Illustration from Julius Sachs: Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie, zweite Auflage, Leipzig (1887)
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