Citation: Crantz, Stirp. Austr. edn 1, fasc. 1:17 (1762).

Synonymy: Myagrum sativum L., Sp. Pl. 641 (1753).

Common name: Gold of pleasure, false flax.

Description:
Stems erect, to 80 cm tall, not or sparingly branched, somewhat hairy; hairs simple and branched; leaves cauline, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, entire or remotely denticulate, auriculate.

Inflorescence a dense elongated raceme; pedicels ascending, to 25 mm long; sepals to 2 mm long; petals to 5 mm long, yellow; style 1.5-2 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, obovoid, rounded at the summit; valves convex, hard, pale-yellow.

Seeds ellipsoidal, 1-2 mm long; radicle incumbent.

	Camelina sativa fruit
Image source: fig 210d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Hegi (1961) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4, 1:fig. 208.

Distribution:  Occasional in crops. S.Aust.: SL.   W.Aust.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to southern Europe and western Asia; weed of cultivation throughout the world. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: not known (no record in AD).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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