Linaceae FAMILY

Linum humile

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Linum humile is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeN. Africa - Mediterranean.

HabitatThe plant has been cultivated for many centuries for its fibre and oil, it is not known in a genuinely wild state[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].