Camelina

An oilseed crop (Camelina sativa) in the mustard family, native to Europe and Central Asia and cultivated since the Bronze Age, valued for its short growing season, low input requirements and tolerance of cold and marginal soils. It fell out of widespread use as other oilseeds such as rapeseed became dominant, but has seen renewed commercial interest since the early twenty-first century as a low-input rotation crop and as a feedstock for biodiesel and aviation biofuel. Its oil is also used in food and industrial applications, and camelina is often promoted as a crop suited to land unfit for more demanding oilseeds.