Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC.
littlepod flax (hairy flax; littlepod false flax)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
littlepod flax (hairy flax; littlepod false flax)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems 0.3-1.0 m tall, simple or sometimes branched, conspicuously hairy at the base with simple and branched to starlike hairs, little branched and usually glabrous above.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, soon deciduous; stem leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, nearly entire, 2-8 cm long, short-stalked or unstalked, the tips sharp-pointed to long-pointed, upper leaves arrowhead-shaped with earlike lobes at the base, hairs similar to that of the stems.
Flowers:
In elongated, often compound racemes; flower stalks slender, ascending-spreading, 10-15 (17) mm long; petals white to pale yellow, 4-5 mm long; sepals about 3 mm long.
Fruits:
Silicles, egg-shaped, 4-7 (8) mm long, 3-5 mm wide, obtuse at tip; styles 2-2.5 mm long; seeds mostly 0.8-1 mm long, slightly longer than wide, plump, finely veined and honeycombed, reddish-brown.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Camelina microcarpa
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
938 | 531 | 1537 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
31 | 9 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
197 | 27 | 340 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
29 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(5), IDF(14), PP(10) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry roadsides, fields and waste places in the steppe and montane zones; infrequent in SW, SC and NE BC; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Camelina sativa subsp. microcarpa (Andrz. ex DC.) E. Schmid