Family: Linaceae Pale Flax Linum bienne Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Native Prefers warm, infertile, base-rich to calcareous soils on dry banks, grassland, cliff-slopes and roadsides. Many slender, wiry stems with very narrow grey-green leaves with 1-3 veins. The pale-blue flowers with darker veins and pointed sepals are followed by globular fruit. Flowering stems to 30cm long. Similar: Flax / Linseed, L. usisatissimum has wider leaves

Pale Flax, Linum bienne
The Purbecks, Dorset. August 2008