Fact-Checking Star Stable Online Herbs: Flax
Note: this is not to insult Star Stable’s herbal teaching programs at all, I actually really enjoy them, and they’re overall pretty accurate, there are just some aesthetic differences and details that I think should be clarified. Not that I’m an expert or anything, I’m just a nerd lol.
Flax is one of the plants you can gather in Star Stable. It takes the form of a tall bush with small, five-petalled yellowish flowers on the tops of the long stems.
[ID: a screenshot of an SSO inventory box. It shows a green plant with long, thin leaves, a yellow flower with a darker centre and five petals, and a yellow bud on the end of a second stem, over a black background. End ID]
Their description of flax is pretty darn accurate. A bunch of stems growing from the same root in a bush, with five petals and a flower on the heads of the stems.
The primary thing that can be misleading is the colour.
You see, while flax can be yellow- there are several of species of yellow flax, actually- and many do look just like that- flax is usually blue.
We grow a few plants ourselves- we’d show it, but it’s winter rn lol, so this picture from oceanhero will have to do.
[ID: A photograph of a green plant with long, thin stems and long narrow leaves, with five-petalled periwinkle flowers on the ends. End ID]
Flax tends to grow in dry and cool regions, especially yellow flax, but it’s an incredibly hardy plant. The particular plant I found in Star Stable was on the outskirts of Silverglade, and I wouldn’t be shocked if that was a good habitat for it, but I’ve only found one plant so far so I’m not sure if that’s its general spawn area yet.
Star Stable’s description of flax’s properties are accurate as well- linen and oil. You’ve probably heard of linseed oil? Linseed is another name for flax.
Overall, great representation. 9/10. I’m picky.