Camelina sativa
| Camelina sativa | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Width: | 0.3' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Camelina sativa (common name: gold of pleasure)
Propagation: Seed - sow mid spring in situ.
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, succeeding in most soils and preferring a sunny position[K]. It does well on poor land[1]. Plants can self-sow when well-sited[K].
'Gold of Pleasure' is occasionally cultivated for the oil in its seed[2][3].
This species is a bad companion plant, depressing the growth of nearby plants[4]. It has become a noxious weed of cultivated fields in some of the areas into which it has been introduced[5].
Range: E. Europe to W. Asia. Occasionally naturalized in Britain[2].
Habitat: A weed of corn and flax fields in Britain[2].
Edibility: An edible oil is obtained from the seed[5][2][6][7][8].
Usage: An oil from the seed is used as a luminant and as an emollient for softening the skin[9].
A fibre is obtained from the stems[5][10].
The stems are used for making brooms[5].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Myagrum sativum.
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References
- ↑ Sowerby, John. The Useful Plants of Great Britain. 1862.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Hill, Albert. Economic Botany. The Maple Press, 1952.
- ↑ Philbrick, Helen and Richard Gregg. Companion Plants. Watkins, 1979.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.
- ↑ Polunin, Oleg. Flowers of Europe. Oxford University Press, 1969.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.