Camelina rumelica |
Camelina microcarpa |
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graceful false flax |
false flax, hairy false flax, hairy flax, little-pod false flax, littlepod flax, small-seed false-flax |
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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 |
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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 |
CO; KS; NV; OK; OR; TX; Europe; sw Asia [Introduced in North America]
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 452. | FNA vol. 7, p. 452. |
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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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