Gold-of-pleasure - Camelina sativa
A yellow-flowered crucifer with rounded seed-pods on long pedicels and simple leaves that clasp the stem. Glabrous or only slightly hairy.
Other Camelina species; C. microcarpa is hairy.
Good photographs in the field or from specimen, showing details of flowers, fruits, leaves.
Field margins, waste ground
Casual; often sown in gamebird seed-mixes along field margins.
Occasonal on crop margins sown with birdseed mixes and on set-aside land, and sometimes persists. (G Hall, pers. comm.)
Peter Smith
Ragdale, footpath to Grimston
30 July 2025
Peter Smith
Ragdale, footpath to Grimston
30 July 2025
Peter Smith
Ragdale, footpath to Grimston
30 July 2025
Leaves clasping stem
Peter Smith
Ragdale, footpath to Grimston
30 July 2025
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Species profile
- Common names
- Gold-of-pleasure
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Brassicales
- Family:
- Brassicaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 30/07/2025 (Smith, Peter)
- Last record:
- 30/07/2025 (Smith, Peter)
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