Yellow Flax

Ethnobotany

No ethnobotanical use of this plant is recorded.

Botany

Most often found in sandy soils, the yellow flax, at 15–40 cm tall, is smaller than blue flax. Its linear leaves are few in number, stiff or rigid (as the scientific name suggests) and are easily broken off the stem. The flowers are a smaller, yellow version of their blue relative’s blossom.