Camelina sativa
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![Illustration of C. sativa (1) and Subularia aquatica (2) from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen](/Images/godic/202501/12/Brassicaceae_spp_Sturm303315.jpg")
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![A United States Air Force F-22 Raptor flying over Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 18 March 2011 on a fuel consisting of a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional jet fuel and a biofuel made from Camelina sativa.](/Images/godic/202501/12/F-22_Raptor_biofuel_18_March_20113315.jpg")
Camelina sativa is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae and is usually known in English as camelina, gold-of-pleasure, or false flax, also occasionally wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame, and Siberian oilseed. It is native to Europe and to Central Asian areas. This plant is cultivated as oilseed crop mainly in Europe and in North America.