Flax Flower sketch with a square frame in front of a concrete background above a wooden surface. December 2022 4" x 4" The exact native ranges for this flower are unclear, with Linum Lewisii being said to be native to North America, and Linum usitatissimum being said to be native to The Mediterranean and Central Asia. Some people believe that it originated in Iran and has been introduced elsewhere with trade and colonization. The main places that this plant has been of use and significance to is Egypt where they made linen and oil, and in North America to many native people for many purposes such as native people known as the Shoshone people: They call themselves Newe meaning "people." Their use for the flax flower was for medicinal purposes and for body and hair wash.