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Linseed is different from flaxseed grown for fibres
shirley tullett
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Most people say that Linseed and flaxseed are the same thing. There is a farmer who grows Linseed for its oil and says the flaxseed plant is about 3 ft high and grown for long fibres. The Linseed plant is about 1 ft high and produces lots more flowers and seeds. Does any one know the latin name for the variety to grow Linseed?
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The same plant Linum usitatissimum will produce linseed oil and the fibres, although there have been some specific varieties produced for agriculture which are better for one purpose than the other and I don't know what the seed companies call them.
There are also several flaxes grown by gardeners to attract bees - these include the blue-flowered species (L. narbonense), Lewis' blue flax (L. lewisii), and perennial blue flax (L. perenne). There is also the scarlet flax (L. grandiflorum) and the yellow-flowered golden flax (L. flavum).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Linum usitatissimum is the one used to produce Linseed oil.
As far as I can find out, this is also the one used to produce the fibres used to make Linen.
Snap.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.