THE FLAX PLANT; THE USES AND

LIFEBy: Megan C.

The scientific name for the Flax Plant is Linum

Usitatissimum.

The Flax Plant comes in various colors such as orange,

purple, and pink. It can grow to be 20 to 40 inches tall and in the

picture below shows the parts of the Flax Plant too. The stem is

thin, tall, and is covered in big leaves.

The Flax Plant is native to Europe, Asia, and the

Mediterranean region. The kind-of soil that the Flax Plant likes to

be planted in a fertile, fine textured clay soil. And it is not to be

grown in sandy, ruff soils. The best kind of temperature for the Flax

Plant is in the North Central US, because it has moderate summer

temperature, and rain fall which is sufficient but not excessive. The

Flax Plant is a monocot and is an angiosperm too.

We can benefit from the Flax Plant in numerous ways

such as in nutrition, medicine, and ecologically. For nutrition we

eat their healthy seeds. We can make low carb baked

goods, and is good for adding nutrition to about everything

edible. Also in medicine Flax Plants are used. They are high in

acid or ALA, they are good for heart disease, and can help

different types of cancer. Lastly the way we use it in our ecology.

The Flax Plant requires little energy and all its products can be

recycled so it’s a “0 waste” which is just what this earth needs.

Resources:

Websites- www.hortpurdue.edu; www.wigglesworthfibers.com;

www.24hrfitnessco.uk