Erysimum cheiranthoides |
Erysimum concinnum(synonym of Erysimum menziesii) |
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treacle mustard, wormseed mustard |
coast wallflower, curly wallflower, Pacific wallflower |
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Habit | Plants annual. | Plants biennial or short-lived perennial. |
Stems | (0.7)1.5–10(15) dm, ribbed. |
0.4–5(7) dm. |
Basal leaves | withered by fruiting. |
spatulate to oblanceolate, 2–11 × 0.4–2 cm; margins sinuate-dentate to coarsely dentate. |
Cauline leaves | middle and upper lanceolate, linear, or elliptic-oblong; (1)2–7(11) × (0.2)0.5–1.2(2.3) cm; margins subentire, denticulate, or rarely sinuate-dentate; short-petiolate or sessile. |
margins upper entire or denticulate, sessile. |
Inflorescences | fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, 5–13(16) mm; much narrower than fruits. |
fruiting pedicels ascending, 2–4(6) mm; narrower than fruits. |
Flowers | sepals oblong, 1.8–3.2 mm; lateral pair not saccate; petals spatulate, 3–5.5 × 1.5–2 mm, yellow; claws 1.5–3.5 mm; petal tips rounded; median filaments 2–3.5 mm; ovules (20)30–55 per ovary; styles slender, 0.5–1.5 mm; stigmas entire or slightly 2-lobed. |
sepals oblong, 8–19 mm; lateral pair saccate; petals suborbicular to broadly obovate, 15–32 × 6–16 mm, yellow to cream; claws 8–12 mm; petal tips rounded; median filaments 8–11 mm; ovules 42–68 per ovary; styles stout, 0.5–2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent; stigmas 2-lobed. |
Fruits | 4-angled; somewhat torulose; (1)1.5–2.5(4) cm × 1–1.3 mm; valves with distinct midveins, pubescent outside with 3–5-rayed trichomes, densely pubescent inside. |
terete when young, becoming strongly latiseptate, not torulose; (3)5–13 cm × 2.2–5 mm; valves with obscure midveins, pubescent outside with 2–5-rayed trichomes, glabrous inside. |
Seeds | oblong, 1–1.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm; wings absent. |
broadly ovate to suborbicular; (1.5)2–4 × 1.5–3 mm; wings continuous. |
Trichomes | 3–4(5)-rayed. |
2–3(7)-rayed. |
2n | =16. |
=36. |
Erysimum cheiranthoides |
Erysimum concinnum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Pastures, fields, waste grounds, disturbed areas, dry creek beds. Flowering Apr–Aug. 50–1400 m. BR, BW, Col, Lava, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout Canada and US; Asia, Europe. Exotic. |
Dunes, coastal bluffs, prairies. Flowering Mar–Jun. 0–400 m. Est. CA. Native. The species is known only in Oregon from Curry County and in California from Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Marin counties. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 485 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 485 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Erysimum menziesii ssp. concinnum | |
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