Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Camelina microcarpa Andrzejowski
(Little False Flax)

Family: Brassicaceae

Status: Exotic

Synonyms:
None

Camelina microcarpa is found in moist, disturbed areas at middle elevation. It is an erect herb with a stubby beak on the fruit. The herbage is pubescent. The leaves can be either entire or pinnatifid.
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Camelina microcarpa, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Quemado Lake, July 7, 2009



Camelina microcarpa, racemes of yellow flowers and pubescent herbage, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Quemado Lake, July 7, 2009



Camelina microcarpa, silicles with beaks, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter & Richard Felger, Quemado Lake, July 7, 2009


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