Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or line, is a flowering plant cultivated as a food and fiber crop in temperate regions of the world. Textiles made from flax are known in English as linen and are traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes and table linen, while the plant's seeds are known as flaxseed or linseed and its oil as linseed oil. The species is known only as a cultivated plant, appearing to have been domesticated just once from the wild species Linum bienne, called pale flax; the unrelated plants called flax in New Zealand belong instead to the genus Phormium.