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treacle mustard, wormseed mustard

coast wallflower, curly wallflower, Pacific wallflower

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

Distribution
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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
E. arenicola, E. capitatum, E. concinnum, E. inconspicuum, E. occidentale, E. perenne, E. repandum
E. arenicola, E. capitatum, E. cheiranthoides, E. concinnum, E. inconspicuum, E. occidentale, E. perenne, E. repandum
Synonyms Erysimum menziesii ssp. concinnum
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