Common name:
Fairy flax
Family:
Scientific name:
Linum catharticum
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, especially calcareous; also rocky places, dunes and boggy patches
Flowers:
Small, around 5 mm in diameter, with five yellow petals, yellow towards the base, crossed by a few dark veins, and five narrow, pointed sepals. Flowers are produced in an open cluster, at the tip of the slender, hairless stem branches
Leaves:
Short, opposite, oblong, angled upwards
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
