Linum narbonense is a flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

 in the family Linaceae

Linaceae

The Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes approximately 250 species. There are 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae ....

, native to Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, and similar in appearance to Linum perenne

Linum perenne

Linum perenne , is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps, but also locally in England....

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Growing to 1 - 2 and a half feet tall and one foot wide, the stem terminates in a cyme of about ten clear blue flowers with five petals, 2-2.5cm in diameter, and the small, narrow grayish green leaves are arranged on the stem in whorls. In early summer it produces teardrops buds. The seed heads are small beige balls.

Cultivation

It is found cultivated in gardens. Seeds should be started indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or outdoors in early spring once the soil is workable. Seeds should germinate in 14-30 days.