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How old is flax?

Updated: 12/19/2022
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Cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is believed to have originated in the Near East (in the Fertile Crescent) about 10 000 years ago as part of the 'Neolithic Package' of crops. Its wild progenitor is believed to be pale flax (L. bienne Mill., L. angustiflorium Huds., etc; there are lots of synonyms), which would of course predate cultivated flax.

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