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Flax

Flax

Flax

Flax . — Flax

Flax

Flax . — Flax

You can often see this tufted, broad-leaved, grass-like herb on exposed cliff faces around Norfolk and Phillip Islands.

Captain Cook, on discovering Norfolk Island, thought that the flax could be used to make sails, and the Norfolk pine for masts.

It was one of the reasons that convicts were sent to settle on Norfolk Island.

Scientific name

Phormium tenax

A small pink flower amongst large green leaves.

Looking out over rolling green hills and rocky cliffs against the sea. A wooden fence is in the foreground.

A white circular sign fixed to a wooden guardrail in a lush forrest.

A white circular sign on a wooden post. Lush forest greenery is in the background.

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