Morphological characteristics of flax
May 25, 2019
Flax is an annual herb. Stems erect, 30-120 cm high, mostly in the upper part of the branch, sometimes branched from the base of the stem, but the dense planting is not branched, the base is lignified, hairless, the phloem fiber is strong and elastic, and the structure is cotton. Leaves alternate; leaf blade linear, linear lanceolate or lanceolate, 2-4 cm long, 1-5 mm wide, apex acute, base attenuate, sessate, sessate, 3-(5).
Flowers sessile to apically apically pubescent or pubescent, sessate sessate sessate sessate sessate sessate sessate sessate sessate -8 mm, apex apex or long apex, with 3(5) veins; central apically bulging, marginal membranous, glandular, entire, sometimes serrate, persistent; petals 5, obovate, long 8-12 mm, blue or purple-blue, sparsely white or red, apex sessile; 5 stamens, filaments basally connate; degenerate stamens 5, drilled; ovate 5-locate, styles 5-locate, sep. It is slightly thicker than a style, thin or rod-shaped, longer than or equal to stamens.
Capsule globose, brownish-yellow, 6-9 mm in diam., apex microtip, lobed into 5 petals; seed 10, oblong, flat, 3.5-4 mm long, tan. Flowering from June to August, fruiting from July to October.
