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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Camelina Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 17 (1762)
Vernacular Name(s):
False flax
Description
Annual or biennial taprooted herbs. Hairs branched and simple. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs toothed to sinuate to pinnatifid. Racemes embracteate. Sepals erect, non-saccate. Petals yellow. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, paired at bases of single stamens; median nectaries 0. Style short to long; stigma capitate. Silicle obovoid, latiseptate, dehiscent; valves with 1 median and a network of secondary veins. Seeds ellipsoid to orbicular, not winged, in 2 rows per locule.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Crantz, H.J.N. von 1762: Stirpium Austriarum Fasciculus. Edition 1.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
