Reinwardtia indica, also known as golden-flowered flax and yellow flax, have you ever seen this plant?

Scientific name: Reinwardtia trigyna

Common names: golden-flowered flax, yellow flax

Family and genus: Linaceae, Reinwardtia

Origin:

Native to southwestern China, Vietnam, India and Indonesia.

It is now cultivated in various places in the south.

Growth habit:

It likes a warm environment with ample sunlight and good ventilation, and prefers fertile, well-drained soil.

It likes to grow in low-altitude calcareous soil and is not cold-tolerant.

Morphological characteristics:

It grows up to 1 m tall, with green branchlets. Leaves are simple and alternate, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 2-6 cm long, with entire margins or very fine teeth. Flowers are borne singly or several together in leaf axils and at branch tips, yellow, about 2.5 cm in diameter.

The capsule is spherical, and the flowering and fruiting period is in summer.

Humidity management:

It likes a moist or semi-dry climate environment, and requires the relative air temperature of the growing environment to be 50-70%. When the relative air humidity is too low, the lower leaves turn yellow and fall off, and the upper leaves lose their luster.

Temperature management:

Because it is native to subtropical regions, it has strict requirements for winter temperature, and stops growing when the ambient temperature is below 8°C.

Light management:

It has a strong ability to adapt to light. When kept indoors, place it in a place with bright light as much as possible, such as a well-lit living room, bedroom, study and other places. After keeping it indoors for a period of time (about one month), move it outdoors to a shaded place (with insulation conditions in winter) for a period of time (about one month), and alternate in this way.

Fertilizer and water management:

For potted plants, in addition to adding organic fertilizer when potting, proper fertilizer and water management should also be carried out during usual care.

Propagation and cultivation:

Propagation by sowing and division.

Uses:

It is commonly seen growing well in the lime-containing joints of artificially built walls, retaining banks and steps.

It is suitable for rock gardens and the crevices of various artificial vertical walls, and is a good material for three-dimensional greening.

It can also be grown in pots for ornamental purposes.

The branches and leaves are used as medicine, and can reduce inflammation and detoxify, clear heat and promote urination.