Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Camelina > Camelina microcarpaCamelina microcarpa (littlepod false flax)Synonyms: Camelina armeniaca; Camelina bornmuelleriana; Camelina campestris; Camelina confusa; Camelina longistyla; Camelina microcarpa f. longistipata; Camelina microcarpa f. longistipitatus; Camelina microcarpa sylvestris; Camelina paphlagonica; Camelina pilosa; Camelina sativa; Camelina sativa microcarpa; Camelina sativa pilosa; Camelina sativa var. pilosa; Camelina sylvestris; Camelina sylvestris microcarpa; Camelina transbaicalensis; Cochlearia polysperma (homotypic); Kernera polysperma; Myagrum armeniacum Camelina microcarpa is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including littlepod false flax lesser gold-of-pleasure and small seed false flax. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is common across the globe as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It is known as a weed of grain crops such as wheat and rye. This is an erect annual herb producing a branched or unbranched stem 30 centimeters to one meter in height. It is sometimes coated thinly in hairs, particularly on the lower part. The leaves are lance-shaped to oblong. The upper part of the stem is occupied by an inflorescence of many pale yellow flowers. They yield plump oblong to rounded fruits, each under a centimeter long and held at the tip of a short pedicel. |
Lifespan [1] | Annual/Biennial | Structure [3] | Herb | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Mostly Infertile | Soil Moisture [2] | Mostly Dry |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument |
V |
4731 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Badlands National Park |
II |
178535 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Central Plains Biosphere Reserve |
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15345 |
United States |
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Desert Biosphere Reserve |
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68236 |
Utah, United States |
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Devils Tower National Monument |
V |
1361 |
Wyoming, United States |
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Dobromierz |
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2872 |
Poland |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Galichia Gora Zapovednik |
Ia |
568 |
Lipetsk, Russia |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
II |
1210128 |
Arizona, United States |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kinnekulle |
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17628 |
Sweden |
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Knife River Indian Villages National Hist. Site National Historic Site |
III |
1756 |
North Dakota, United States |
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Luberon Regional Nature Park |
V |
406572 |
France |
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Nez Perce National Historical Park |
V |
2076 |
Idaho, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Rinkaby skjutfält |
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1916 |
Sweden |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
964620 |
Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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Scotts Bluff National Monument |
V |
3185 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Shortgrass Steppe LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Colorado, United States |
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Spreewald Biosphere Reserve |
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117355 |
Germany |
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Strömsholm |
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5905 |
Sweden |
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Tigrovaia Balka Zapovednik State Nature Reserve |
Ia |
146860 |
Tajikistan |
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Tsentral'no-Chernozemny Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
13064 |
Kursk, Russia |
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Ukrainskii Stepnoi Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik |
Ia |
2920 |
Ukraine |
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Västanå |
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357 |
Sweden |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Wilder Berg bei Seelow |
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201 |
Germany |
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Wind Cave National Park |
II |
29471 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991)
Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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