Meadow Flax
Linum pratense
Meadow flax is a Southern Plains annual with sky-blue, satiny flowers that open fresh each morning in spring, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder that drifts beautifully through sunny, sandy meadows.
- Family
- Linaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CO, NM, OK, TX