Camelina rumelica |
|
---|---|
graceful false flax |
|
Habit | Annuals. |
Stems | unbranched or branched distally, 1.5–4(–6) dm, densely to moderately hirsute-hispidulous basally, trichomes simple, to 3.5 mm, mixed with fewer, branched ones, (glabrescent distally). |
Basal leaves | persistent after anthesis (into fruiting). |
Cauline leaves | blade lanceolate to oblong, (1–)2–6(–9) cm × 2–10(–20) mm, base sagittate or minutely auriculate, margins entire or irregularly denticulate, (often subciliate), apex acute, surfaces pubescent, trichomes primarily simple. |
Flowers | sepals (2.7–)3–4(–4.5) × 0.5–1 mm; petals white or creamy white, (5–)6–8(–9) × 1.5–2 mm; filaments 2–3.5 mm; anthers ca. 0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to divaricate, 7–10(–14) mm. |
Fruits | pyriform to obovoid, 5–7 × 3.5–5 mm, apex acute; valves each obscurely veined, margin narrowly winged; style 2–3 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 1.2–1.5 × 0.5–0.6 mm. |
2n | = 12, 26. |
Camelina rumelica |
|
Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Fields, roadsides, waste places |
Elevation | 100-1700 m (300-5600 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; KS; NV; OK; OR; TX; Europe; sw Asia [Introduced in North America]
|
Discussion | R. L. McGregor (1984, 1985) and R. C. Rollins (1993) stated that Camelina rumelica is naturalized also in Texas; we have not seen material that supports those reports. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 452. |
Parent taxa | |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Velenovsky: Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1886: 448, fig. 13a. (1887) |
Web links |