This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of herbicides on weed control, growth characteristics and yield in flax, after direct seeding it to the field, the herbicides treated had no effect on the emergence period. The major weeds were decreased some what more with mecoprop-wp, herbicide than the other herbicides and by hand weeding. Mecoprop-wp and simazin-wp were had no injury but sethoxydim-EC and 2.4-D-wp were slighthy harmful for the flax with recommended concentration, On the other hand, all herbicides were harmful in the double dosage level