Camelina hispida var. lasiocarpa
Common False-Flax
Camelina sativa
(L.) Crantz Species
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- Botanical name
- Camelina sativa
- Also known as
- Big-Seed False Flax, Common False-Flax, Dutch Flax, False Flax, German-Sesame, Gold of Pleasure, Gold-of-Pleasure, Large-Seed False-Flax
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Camelina
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common False-Flax
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Camelina sativa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Adyseton dentatum
Alyssum myagrum
Alyssum sativum
Camelina ambigua
Camelina caucasica
Camelina crepitans
Camelina glabrata
Camelina glabrata
Camelina hirsuta
Camelina microcarpa subsp. pilosa
Camelina sagittata
Camelina sativa subsp. glabrata
Camelina sativa subsp. glabrata
Camelina sativa subsp. sativa
Camelina sativa subsp. zingeri
Camelina sativa var. caucasica
Camelina sativa var. crepitans
Camelina sativa var. glabrata
Camelina sativa var. zingeri
Chamaelinum sativum
Cochlearia sativa
Crucifera camelina
Dorella oleifera
Linostrophum sativum
Myagrum sativum
Thlaspi camelina
Others in Camelina
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