The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2005

County Status
Casual

Family
Linaceae

Total records held
53

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 24	36
Tetrads: 24	36
Hectads: 15	21

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jan 11 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Flax is a rare casual annual of waste ground, tips, cultivated land and waysides.Of cultivated origin, it occurs scattered through the county, mainly in the eastern lowlands, from Hadfield SK0296 and Beighton Tip SK4384 in the north, to Ockbrook SK4137 and Pasture Lane SK5031 in the south. Currently seen as a bird-seed alien, it was formerly grown for linen (Farey 1815), and now for linseed oil and game food.