Camelina hispida var. lasiocarpa
Stinking Flaxweed
Camelina alyssum
Thell. Species
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- Botanical name
- Camelina alyssum
- Also known as
- Flat-Seed False-Flax, Gold-of-Pleasure, Stinking Flaxweed
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Camelina
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Stinking Flaxweed
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Camelina alyssum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Camelina ambigua
Camelina parodii
Camelina pinnatifida
Camelina sativa subsp. alyssum
Camelina sativa subsp. alyssum
Camelina sativa subsp. linicola
Camelina sativa subsp. linicola
Camelina sativa var. sublinicola
Crucifera linicola
Myagrum alyssum
Myagrum bauhini
Others in Camelina
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