Flower; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 7/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 7/2010 © Jörn Germer
Ripe infructescence; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 7/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 7/2010 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Manual harvest; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 7/2010 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 838
Date of entry: 14.06.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Common Flax
German: Gemeiner Lein
Mandarin: 亚麻 (ya ma)
Portuguese: Linho
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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