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THE FLAX PLANT; THE USES AND
LIFEBy: Megan C.
The scientific name for the Flax Plant is Linum
Usitatissimum.
The Flax Plant comes in various colors such as orange,
purple, and pink. It can grow to be 20 to 40 inches tall and in the
picture below shows the parts of the Flax Plant too. The stem is
thin, tall, and is covered in big leaves.
The Flax Plant is native to Europe, Asia, and the
Mediterranean region. The kind-of soil that the Flax Plant likes to
be planted in a fertile, fine textured clay soil. And it is not to be
grown in sandy, ruff soils. The best kind of temperature for the Flax
Plant is in the North Central US, because it has moderate summer
temperature, and rain fall which is sufficient but not excessive. The
Flax Plant is a monocot and is an angiosperm too.
We can benefit from the Flax Plant in numerous ways
such as in nutrition, medicine, and ecologically. For nutrition we
eat their healthy seeds. We can make low carb baked
goods, and is good for adding nutrition to about everything
edible. Also in medicine Flax Plants are used. They are high in
acid or ALA, they are good for heart disease, and can help
different types of cancer. Lastly the way we use it in our ecology.
The Flax Plant requires little energy and all its products can be
recycled so it’s a “0 waste” which is just what this earth needs.
Resources:
Websites- www.hortpurdue.edu; www.wigglesworthfibers.com;
www.24hrfitnessco.uk