trefle.io · Taken Jun 19, 2021 by Darren Giddins (cc-by-sa)
Linaceae
Bitter flax
Linum catharticum
Also known as Purging flax, Fairy flax, Mill mountain, Nezera cathartica
Native Plants · Flax · Wildflower · Self-Seeding · Delicate · White-Flowers · Naturalizing · Annual · Medicinal
Bitter flax is a delicate annual that produces small white flowers and thrives in well-draining soil with moderate moisture. It prefers full sun to partial shade and self-seeds readily in suitable conditions. This low-maintenance wildflower is excellent for naturalizing and requires minimal intervention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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