Brassicaceae
Littlepod false flax
Camelina microcarpa
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Camelina
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Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- كاميلينا ميكروكاربا
- Belarusian
- Рыжак дробнаплодны
- Chinese
- 小果亚麻荠, 小果亞麻薺, 小叶亚麻荠, 野亚麻荠, 长梗亚麻荠
- Czech
- Lnička drobnoplodá
- English
- Littlepod false flax, Lesser gold-of-pleasure, Small seed false flax
- Estonian
- Liivtuder, Karik-pirnik, Metstuder
- Finnish
- Vehnätankio
- French
- Caméline à petits fruits
- German
- Kleinfrüchtiger Leindotter
- hsb
- Drobnotručkaty hryst
- Hungarian
- Vetési gomborka
- Macedonian
- Малоплоден леник
- Persian
- کتانکش دانه ریز
- Polish
- Lnicznik drobnoowocowy
- Russian
- Рыжик мелкоплодный
- Slovenian
- Drobnoplodni riček
- Spanish
- Alegría falsa, Broquelillos reales, Miagro falso, Piquillos, Sésamo bastardo
- Swedish
- Sanddådra
- Ukrainian
- Рижій дрібноплодий
- Welsh
- Cydlin bach
Synonyms
- Camelina armeniaca Desv.
- Camelina bornmuelleriana Hub.-Mor. & Reese
- Camelina campestris K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
- Camelina confusa Rouy & Foucaud
- Camelina longestyla Bordz.
- Camelina microcarpa f. longistipata C.H.An
- Camelina microcarpa f. longistipitatus C.H.An
- Camelina microcarpa subsp. pilosa (DC.) Soó
- Camelina microcarpa subsp. sylvestris (Wallr.) Hiitonen
- Camelina microphylla C.H.An
- Camelina paphlagonica Bornm.
- Camelina pilosa (DC.) N.W.Zinger
- Camelina sativa Boiss.
- Camelina sativa subsp. microcarpa (DC.) Hegi & Em.Schmid
- Camelina sativa subsp. pilosa (DC.) N.W.Zinger
- Camelina sativa var. pilosa DC.
- Camelina sylvestris Wallr.
- Camelina sylvestris subsp. microcarpa (Andrz. ex DC.) N.W.Zinger
- Camelina transbaicalensis (Vassilcz.) Vassilcz.
- Cochlearia polysperma Costa ex Willk.
- Kernera polysperma Willk. & Costa
- Myagrum armeniacum (Desv.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 79 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Harald Schnöde (Schnde), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Littlepod false flax: Camelina microcarpa growing most conspicuously in post-fire vegetation from the 2010 Jefferson fire. [RD28 between PBF and MFC.]](/plants/camelina-microcarpa/photos/7d424547f39763ee-l.webp)
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Littlepod false flax: Camelina microcarpa growing most conspicuously in post-fire vegetation from the 2010 Jefferson fire. [RD28 between PBF and MFC.]](/plants/camelina-microcarpa/photos/bfc3f6a6cabe091f-l.webp)
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Littlepod false flax: Camelina microcarpa growing most conspicuously in post-fire vegetation from the 2010 Jefferson fire. [RD28 between PBF and MFC.]](/plants/camelina-microcarpa/photos/f9f8b81e30569194-l.webp)
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sashko, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Littlepod false flax: Camelina microcarpa growing most conspicuously in post-fire vegetation from the 2010 Jefferson fire. [RD28 between PBF and MFC.]](/plants/camelina-microcarpa/photos/bc053dba59469b0d-l.webp)
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.