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Photographer: Paul E. Berry
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Family Linaceae
Linum usitatissimum L.
common flax
Linum: from the old Greek name for flax, linon, used by Theophrastus
usitatissimum: most useful
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual, up to 40" tall forb; one to several stems often branched toward the top |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide; inflorescence a loose, branched cluster (panicle) of stalked flowers; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | small and narrowly lance-shaped |
| Habitat: | fields, roadsides |
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