Common Flax (Linum usitatissimum)
Description
It is an annual herbaceous plant from 30 to 60 cm with erect, very fragile, branched in the final part with leaves hold, lance-shaped. The flowers are large, blue-sky with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 yellow stamens. The fruits are capsules containing small seeds of dark brown to straw yellow color, depending on the variety. The root is a short taproot
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Linaceae
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Genus: Linum
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