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Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz
False Flax

Reference
Stirp.Austr.Fasc. 17-18 (1762)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, herb, to 0.8 m high. Fl. yellow. Weed of cultivation.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 April 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Boyup Brook, Esperance.