Linum usitatissimum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Linum usitatissimum']

English: common flax
تونسي: كتّان
Tûnsî: kattèn
Afrikaans: Vlas
አማርኛ: ተልባ
العربية: كتان
مصرى: كتان
azərbaycanca: Adi zəyrək
تۆرکجه: عادی کتان
беларуская: лён звычайны
български: Културен лен
বাংলা: তিসি
bosanski: Lan
català: Lli
ᏣᎳᎩ: ᎤᎦᏔ
čeština: len setý
kaszëbsczi: Len
Cymraeg: llin
dansk: Almindelig hør
Deutsch: Gemeiner Lein
Ελληνικά: Λινάρι
Canadian English: Flax
British English: Flax
Esperanto: Ordinara lino
eesti: Harilik lina
euskara: Liho
فارسی: کتان
suomi: peltopellava
français: Lin cultivé
Nordfriisk: Flaaks
Frysk: Flaaks
Gaeilge: Líon
galego: Liño
Avañe'ẽ: Lino
ગુજરાતી: અળશી
עברית: פשתן
हिन्दी: अलसी
hrvatski: Pravi lan
hornjoserbsce: Prawy len
magyar: Házi len
հայերեն: Կտավատ
Արեւմտահայերէն: Կտաւատ
interlingua: Lino
Bahasa Indonesia: Flaks
Ido: Lino
íslenska: Spunalín
日本語: アマ
ქართული: linari
Taqbaylit: Tifest
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಅಗಸೆನಾರು
한국어: 아마
kurdî: Loke
коми: Шабді
kernowek: lin
Latina: Linum
Limburgs: Vlas
lietuvių: Sėjamasis linas
latgaļu: Siejamais lyns
latviešu: Sējas lini
Malagasy: Rongony
македонски: Обичен лен
മലയാളം: ചെറുചണ
монгол: Маалинга
मराठी: जवस
Bahasa Melayu: Flaks
Mirandés: lhino
مازِرونی: کتون
Nāhuatl: Lino
norsk bokmål: lin, alminnelig lin
नेपाली: आलस
नेपाल भाषा: सन
Nederlands: Vlas
norsk nynorsk: Lin
norsk: Lin
occitan: Lin cultivat
livvinkarjala: Pelvas
ирон: Даргъ лыстæг гæн
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਅਲਸੀ
Deitsch: Flax
polski: len zwyczajny
پنجابی: اݪسی
português: Linho
português do Brasil: linho
Runa Simi: Linu
română: In
руски: Лєн
русский: Лён обыкновенный
Scots: Lint
سنڌي: السي
žemaitėška: Lėns
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Lan
Simple English: Flax
slovenčina: Ľan siaty
slovenščina: navadni lan
Soomaaliga: Qoondar
српски / srpski: Лан
Seeltersk: Floaks
svenska: Lin
தமிழ்: ஆளி
తెలుగు: అవిసె
ไทย: แฟลกซ์
Tagalog: Lino
Türkçe: Keten
татарча / tatarça: Гади җитен
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: زىغىر
українська: Льон звичайний
اردو: السی
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Zigʻir
vepsän kel’: Järgeline pölvaz
Tiếng Việt: Lanh
West-Vlams: Vlas
walon: Lén
吴语: 亚麻
粵語: 亞麻
中文: 亞麻, 亚麻, 亚麻子
中文（中国大陆）: 亚麻
中文（简体）: 亚麻, 鸦麻, 壁虱胡麻, 山西胡麻
中文（繁體）: 亞麻
中文（臺灣）: 亞麻

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superrosids • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids I • Cladus: COM • Ordo: Malpighiales • Familia: Linaceae • Genus: Linum • Species: Linum usitatissimum L. (1753)

Photos

Plant

Field of flax in flower
Field of flax and poppies
Field of flax in flower
Field of fruiting flax in Normandy
Field of fruiting flax
Field of fruiting flax
Plant in flower

Flowers

Flax flower
Flax flower
Flax flowers
Flax flowers
Flax flowers
Flax flowers

Fruits and seeds

Field of fruiting flax
Field of fruiting flax
Capsules (nl:zaaddozen)
Ripe capsules (nl:rijpe zaaddozen)
Seeds
Seeds
Seeds

Seedlings

Usage

Breaking flax in Russia, 1910
Threshing, retting and dressing flax in the Roscheider Hof, Open Air Museum
Seed for sale
Oil

Fibers

For plumber work and textiles

Flax fibers for plumber work
Flax fibers for plumber work
Flax straw, yarn and rope

Botanical illustrations

Thomé 1885
Köhler 1887
Köhler 1883
Encyclopedia "Nordisk Familjebok", after 1875
Haustorium von Cuscuta epilinum an Linum usitatissimum. Illustration from Julius Sachs: Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie, zweite Auflage, Leipzig (1887)
Masclef 1891
Pearson Scott Foresman
Dictionaire des plantes suisses 1853
Schubert 1887

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Linum usitatissimum.