Published on 25 June 2025 | Mis à jour le 16 December 2025

Varieties available for camelina

Cameline

Choix variétal

Implantation Préparation de campagne

Compatible

Entire France

Automatically generated translation

The range of varieties on offer is not very well developed, and seeds are sometimes hard to come by, particularly in the organic sector. However, in view of the growing interest in camelina on the part of industrialists, particularly in catch crops for biofuel production, some seed companies are now taking an interest.

For example, Bayer recently acquired camelina germplasm from the Canadian company Smart Earth Camelina, in order to diversify into the biofuels sector.

A major challenge in breeding varieties suitable for catch crops is to develop very short-cycle varieties.

There are winter varieties and spring varieties (but in areas where the climate is mild - winter temperatures do not exceed -10°C - spring varieties can also be planted in autumn). Recent breeding efforts have focused on spring-type varieties.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of existing varieties:

Variety	Seed company	Registration year	Type	Comments
VERA	Camelina Company*	2019	Spring	Suitable for catch crop
ALBA	Camelina Company*	2019	Spring
CAMARES	Panam		Spring
MELINA	Panam		Spring
ARCADIA	Panam		Spring
CELINE	A2P	1998	Spring
EPONA	A2P	1998	Winter
CALENA	Saatbau	1996	Spring
OM	Sanctum Mediterranean	2014	Spring
LUC	DANISCO SEEDS SA	1995	Spring
CAMELATE	Lidea		Spring	Suitable for intercropping (late flowering)
CAMELIA	Lidea		Spring	Suitable for intercropping