Linum bienne
Common name
pale flax
Family
Linaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
LINBIE
Flower colours
Violet/Purple, White
Year naturalised
1870
Origin
W. Europe, Mediterranean to Caucasia, Iraq, Iran
Etymology
linum: Flax
bienne: From Latin ‘biennium’, meaning two year period, biennial