Echtes Leinkraut

Succeeds in a moderately good well-drained soil. Grows best in a neutral to alkaline soil. It prefers a sunny position but also succeeds in semi-shade. A very drought resistant plant once established, it can be grown in a drystone wall. Plants can spread fairly aggressively at the roots when they are in a suitable position[K]. They also often self-sow freely.

Edible Parts: Leaves Shoots Edible Uses: Young shoots - cooked. Use with caution, see the notes above on toxicity.

Dye Insecticide A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. A good bee plant. Dynamic accumulator.

Heimisch: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Fåberg, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands, Nord Fron, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway Eingeführt: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Free State, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario