Camelina Crantz

66. Camelina Crantz 2

Annual or biennial. Hairs unbranched or branched; cauline leaves sessile, often auriculate. Inflorescence ebracteate. Sepals erect; petals yellow or white. Fruit a more or less inflated silicula; style distinct. Seeds numerous.

Literature: N. Zinger, Trav. Mus. Bot. Acad. Pétersb. 6: 1 -303 (1909).

1 Stems and leaves glabrous or very sparsely hairy

2 Silicula obovoid or pyriform, with a rounded apex, distinctly longer than wide; leaves entire or weakly toothed

3 Silicula usually less than 10 x 5 mm; fruiting pedicels short, ascending; raceme rather dense 1. sativa

3 Silicula usually 10-12x 5-7 mm; fruiting pedicels elongate, often patent; raceme rather lax 5. macrocarpa

2 Siliculadepressed-globose,almostaswideaslong; raceme

lax; leaves usually strongly toothed or lobed. 4. alyssum

1 Stems and leaves (at least in the lower half of the plant)

± densely pilose

4 Fruitingracemelax; petals6 -9mm; stemsusuallymuchbranched, with patent branches; basal leaf-rosette present

at flowering time 3. rumelica

4 Fruitingracemerather dense;petalsuptoc.5 mm; stems unbranched or with ascending or erect branches; basal leaf-rosette usually withered at flowering time

5 Silicula 7-9 x c. 5 mm; indumentum mostly of very slender, unbranched hairs 1. sativa

5 Silicula c. 5-7 x 4-5 mm; indumentum of long unbranched hairs mixed with short branched hairs 2. microcarpa