Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a plant cultivated for food and fiber in cooler regions of the world.

Flax may also refer to:

  • Flax (color), a pale yellowish-gray color
  • Flax (moth), a genus of moths
  • Holly Flax, a fictional character from the American TV series The Office
  • Ken Flax (born 1963), American Olympic hammer thrower
  • Flax Art Supply Stores, a group of art supply stores in the United States
  • Flax, a Python library that uses Google JAX.

Plants

  • Linum, flaxes, a genus of approximately 200 species of flowering plants, including Linum usitatissimum
  • Cannabis sativa, an annual herbaceous flowering plant better known as hemp
  • Santolina rosmarinifolia, holy flax, a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
  • Phormium, New Zealand flax or flax lily
  • Phormium tenax, flax or New Zealand flax
  • Phormium colensoi, mountain flax or lesser New Zealand flax

See also

  • Flaxen (disambiguation)