Family: Linaceae Linum bienne     *     Pale Flax Flowering time: May - September. Perennial Habitat: Often coastal on dry banks, pastures and roadsides. Many slender, wiry stems with very narrow grey-green leaves. The pale-blue flowers with darker veins and pointed sepals are followed by globular fruit. Flowering stems to 30cm long. Similar: Flax / Linseed, L. usisatissimum has wider 3-veined leaves

     

Pale Flax, Linum bienne
The Purbecks, Dorset. August 2008