Camelina
Camelina: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Cultivated camelina, Camelina sativa, is an annual in the cabbage family, alongside mustards and cabbages. It is mainly known as an oilseed crop, meaning a plant grown for oil in its seeds. Names such as camelina, gold-of-pleasure and false flax refer to this species with small pale flowers and numerous fruits, rather than placing it in the botanical flax family.The habit is upright, usually reaching several tens of centimetres, with a main stem branching particularly towards the top. A leaf rosette may be visible early in the growth cycle. Stem leaves are alternate, narrow and elongated, generally without a stalk. Their bases often partly clasp the stem. Surfaces are smooth or sparsely hairy, and margins remain entire to lightly toothed. The stems become firmer as maturity approaches, while still belonging to an annual life cycle.Flowers are small and pale yellow to greenish yellow rather than large and bright yellow. They…
