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graceful false flax

false flax, hairy false flax, hairy flax, little-pod false flax, littlepod flax, small-seed false-flax

Habit Annuals. 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).

unbranched or branched distally, (0.8–)2–8(–10) dm, densely to moderately hirsute basally, trichomes simple, to 2.5 mm, often mixed branched ones, (glabrescent distally).

Basal leaves

persistent after anthesis (into fruiting).

withered by anthesis.

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.

blade lanceolate, narrowly oblong, or linear-lanceolate, (0.8–)1.5–5.5(–7) cm × 1–10(–20) mm, base sagittate or minutely auriculate, margins entire or, rarely, remotely 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.

sepals 2–3.5 × 0.5–1 mm;

petals pale yellow, (2.5–)3–4(–6) × 1–2 mm;

filaments 1.5–3 mm;

anthers ca. 0.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

ascending to divaricate, 7–10(–14) mm.

ascending, 4–14(–17) mm.

Fruits

pyriform to obovoid, 5–7 × 3.5–5 mm, apex acute;

valves each obscurely veined, margin narrowly winged;

style 2–3 mm.

pyriform to narrowly so, 3.5–5(–7) × 2–4(–5) mm, apex acute;

valves each often with obscure midvein, margin narrowly winged;

style 1–3.5 mm.

Seeds

brown, 1.2–1.5 × 0.5–0.6 mm.

reddish brown or brown, 0.8–1.4(–1.5) × 0.5–0.6 mm.

2n

= 12, 26.

= 40.

Camelina rumelica

Camelina microcarpa

Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Fields, roadsides, waste places Farms, fields, meadows, prairies, roadsides, forest margins, open woods
Elevation 100-1700 m (300-5600 ft) 0-2500 m (0-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; KS; NV; OK; OR; TX; Europe; sw Asia [Introduced in North America]
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from FNA
AL; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]
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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. FNA vol. 7, p. 452.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Camelineae > Camelina Brassicaceae > tribe Camelineae > Camelina
Sibling taxa
C. alyssum, C. microcarpa, C. sativa
C. alyssum, C. rumelica, C. sativa
Synonyms C. sativa subsp. microcarpa
Name authority Velenovsky: Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1886: 448, fig. 13a. (1887) de Candolle: Syst. Nat. 2: 517. (1821)
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