Perennial Flax (Linum perenne)

Family: Linaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Blue, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant nutty taste and very nutritious. — A pleasant nutty taste and very nutritious.; The seed has a high oil content and can be eaten on its own or used as a flavouring.; It should not be eaten raw because it contains cyanide but this is destroyed in the cooking process.

Habitat & North American Range

Calcareous grassland. Prairies to alpine ridges, usually on dry well-drained soils in Western N. America. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)