#flax flowers

[theroadtofairyland]

Just The Flax, Ma'am

Watercolor on Black Cotton Paper

2022, 25"x 33"

Blue Flax Flowers

Private Collection

[snippetsfromnorthland]

Woven flax flowers from NZ Flax

[flowerishness]

Linum usitatissimum (common flax)

This is not a plant

As I've said before, I like to have fun with free plant identification websites by testing them with artificial flowers, famous paintings etc. just to see what they 'think'. In the past, I've always got an answer even if their identification is what we humans would call a wild guess.

This week, I've been running Mrs. Flowerishness' tea cups through one such program and for the first time it replied, "This is not a plant". So far this website has identified all of the flowers on the tea cups correctly but, for some reason, this tea cup has been rejected. I think it looks a lot like Linum usitatissimum (common flax) to me. Common flax definitely is a plant (its a major agricultural crop) and, if you throw in a little artistic license, I think it's a pretty good likeness at that!

'Regency bone china', Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd

[textless]

Garden flowers.  Cochise County, Arizona, April 2023.

[ksjanes]

Flax Flower

It’s believed that flax was first domesticated in the Stone Age by people in the Mediterranean region. This makes it among the first plants purposely grown by humans aside from food crops. It quickly spread across the world with the earliest establishment of trade routes throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.

[wolfchanw]

I just felt the urge to show that my garden has more than *just* purple flowers!

[morethansalad]

Cayk-e-Pesteh / Persian Pistachio Cake with Saffron and Rosewater Buttercream (Vegan)

[summerglowinglight]

[abonbons]

some wildflower studies 💐

[verbrannt74]

Alchemytober: Flax

[theroadtofairyland]

The Flax Are Wild

Watercolor on Black Cotton Paper

2023, 22"x 30"

Blue Flax Flowers

[viridiave]

Felt like drawing Ophilia for some reason - man I am bad at drawing limbs and hands

Flax - Tenacity and Benevolence

Agapanthus - Enduring Spiritual Beauty and Purity

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Arthur C. Pillsbury :: Alpine Flax. Phlox on the Glacier Point Trail, from 'Yosemite and Its High Sierra' - p.87 (1914). Lantern slide.

[itscolossal]

Systems Evoking Roots and Veins Sprawl Across Raija Jokinen’s Organic Flax Figures

[textless]

[morethansalad]

Summer Fruit Tart (Vegan)