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pale wallflower

coast wallflower, curly wallflower, Pacific wallflower

Habit Plants biennial. Plants biennial or short-lived perennial.
Stems

0.5–3(6.5) dm.

0.4–5(7) dm.

Basal leaves

often withered by fruiting, linear-oblanceolate, 2–11(15) cm × (1.5)2–6 mm;

margins entire or very rarely denticulate.

spatulate to oblanceolate, 2–11 × 0.4–2 cm;

margins sinuate-dentate to coarsely dentate.

Cauline leaves

margins upper entire, sessile.

margins upper entire or denticulate, sessile.

Inflorescences

fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, 4–11(15) mm; narrower than fruits.

fruiting pedicels ascending, 2–4(6) mm; narrower than fruits.

Flowers

sepals linear-oblong, 8–13 mm;

lateral pair saccate;

petals obovate to broadly so, 14–22(25) × 3–7.5 mm; bright or pale yellow;

claws 11–16 mm;

tips rounded;

median filaments 10–14 mm;

ovules 34–46 per ovary;

styles slender; (2)2.5–5 mm, sparsely pubescent;

stigmas entire.

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

strongly latiseptate, not torulose, 3–12 cm × (2)2.4–3.7 mm;

valves with prominent midveins, pubescent outside with 2- and 3-rayed trichomes, glabrous 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

ovoid; (2)2.5–3.5 × 1.3–2.5 mm, 0.3–0.8 mm wide at distal end, winged.

broadly ovate to suborbicular; (1.5)2–4 × 1.5–3 mm;

wings continuous.

Trichomes

2–3-rayed.

2–3(7)-rayed.

2n

=36.

=36.

Erysimum occidentale

Erysimum concinnum

Distribution
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Discussion

Sand deposits. Flowering Mar–Jul. 0–900 m. Col. ID, WA. Native.

The species is confined to sand deposits along or near the Columbia River and its tributaries.

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 486
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 485
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
Sibling taxa
E. arenicola, E. capitatum, E. cheiranthoides, E. concinnum, E. inconspicuum, E. perenne, E. repandum
E. arenicola, E. capitatum, E. cheiranthoides, E. inconspicuum, E. occidentale, E. perenne, E. repandum
Synonyms Erysimum menziesii ssp. concinnum
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