Brassicaceae
Camelina

Camelina alyssum (Mill.) Thell.

First published in Verz. Sam. Fruchte Bot. Gart. Zurich 1906: 10 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Caucasus. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology General Habit
Annual slender herb, 15–70 cm. high.
Morphology Stem
Stem erect, with a few ascending to erect branches, glabrous or in lower parts usually with sparse mostly branched hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Lower cauline leaves spathulate in outline, deeply incised, up to 70 mm. long and 10 mm. broad, sparsely puberulent; median and upper cauline leaves ± erect, sagittate, distally dentate to subentire, 10–60 mm. long, 1.5–6 mm. broad.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes loosely corymbiform, with many small flowers; in fruit very lax and short, with 15–30 mm. long ± spreading pedicels.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals oblong, 2–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals pale yellow, 4–5 mm. long, 0.8–1.2 mm. broad.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Silicula broadly pyriform, with flattened apex, 6–8 mm. long (excluding style), 4–7 mm. broad; valves strongly convex, cartilaginous but not woody; style subulate, 1.5–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark brown, minutely papillose, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, ± 1 mm. broad.
Figures
Fig. 24, p. 67.
Habitat
Flax fields (introduced with cultivation)
Distribution
widespread in Eurasia with flax, to which it is bound K3 U2
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images