(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. The Camelina species, commonly known as flase flax are native to Mediterranean regions of Europe and Asia. Several species, classified under the genus Camelina, have been little studied with the exception of the specie named Camelina sativa, historically cultivated as oil plant. Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz was the first botanist to use the genus Camelina in his classification works in 1762