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coast wallflower, curly wallflower, headland wallflower, Pacific wallflower

pale wallflower, western wallflower

Habit Biennials or perennials; (short-lived). Biennials.
Stems

erect, unbranched or branched distally, 0.4–5(–7) dm.

erect, often branched distally, 0.5–3(–6.5) dm.

Basal leaves

blade (slightly fleshy), spatulate to oblanceolate, 2–11 cm × 4–20 mm, base attenuate, margins sinuate-dentate to coarsely dentate, apex rounded to subacute.

(often withered by fruiting);

blade linear-oblanceolate, 2–11(–15) cm × (1.5–)2–6 mm, margins usually entire, rarely denticulate.

Cauline leaves

(distal) sessile;

blade margins entire or denticulate.

(distal) sessile;

blade margins entire.

Trichomes

of leaves 2- or 3(–7)-rayed.

of leaves 2- or 3-rayed.

Racemes

considerably elongated in fruit.

(simple or branched), considerably elongated in fruit.

Flowers

sepals oblong, 8–19 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals yellow to cream, suborbicular to broadly obovate, 15–32 × 6–16 mm, claw 8–12 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 8–11 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm.

sepals linear-oblong, 8–13 mm, lateral pair saccate basally;

petals bright or pale yellow, obovate to broadly so, 14–22(–25) × 3–7.5 mm, claw 11–16 mm, apex rounded;

median filaments 10–14 mm;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

ascending, stout, narrower than fruit, 2–4(–6) mm.

divaricate-ascending, slender, narrower than fruit, 4–11(–15) mm.

Fruits

usually ascending to suberect, rarely divaricate-ascending, narrowly linear, straight or curved inwards, not torulose, (3–)5–13 cm × 2.2–5 mm, terete when immature, becoming strongly latiseptate, not striped;

valves with obscure midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2–5-rayed, glabrous inside;

ovules 42–68 per ovary;

style cylindrical or flattened, stout, 0.5–2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent;

stigma 2-lobed, lobes as long as wide.

ascending, narrowly linear, straight, not torulose, 3–12 cm × (2–)2.4–3.7 mm, strongly latiseptate, not striped;

valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2- and 3-rayed, glabrous inside;

ovules 34–46 per ovary;

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

stigma entire.

Seeds

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

wing continuous.

ovoid, (2–)2.5–3.5 × 1.3–2.5 mm;

wing continuous distally, (0.3–0.8 mm wide).

2n

= 36.

= 36.

Erysimum concinnum

Erysimum occidentale

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Coastal bluffs, dunes, prairies Sand deposits
Elevation 0-400 m (0-1300 ft) 50-700 m (200-2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
OR; WA
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Discussion

Erysimum concinnum is a coastal species known from Curry County in Oregon, and from Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties in California. Both G. B. Rossbach (1958) and R. C. Rollins (1993) treated it as a distinct species, but R. A. Price (1993) reduced it (invalidly) to a subspecies of E. menziesii.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Erysimum occidentale is restricted to sand deposits along or near the Columbia River and its tributaries. It is distributed in Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, and Umatilla counties in Oregon, and in Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Walla Walla, and Yakima counties in Washington.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 540. FNA vol. 7, p. 543.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Erysimeae > Erysimum Brassicaceae > tribe Erysimeae > Erysimum
Sibling taxa
E. ammophilum, E. arenicola, E. asperum, E. capitatum, E. cheiranthoides, E. cheiri, E. coarctatum, E. franciscanum, E. hieraciifolium, E. inconspicuum, E. insulare, E. menziesii, E. occidentale, E. pallasii, E. perenne, E. repandum, E. suffrutescens, E. teretifolium
E. ammophilum, E. arenicola, E. asperum, E. capitatum, E. cheiranthoides, E. cheiri, E. coarctatum, E. concinnum, E. franciscanum, E. hieraciifolium, E. inconspicuum, E. insulare, E. menziesii, E. pallasii, E. perenne, E. repandum, E. suffrutescens, E. teretifolium
Synonyms Cheiranthus occidentalis, Cheirinia occidentalis
Name authority Eastwood: Zoë 5: 103. (1901) (S. Watson) B. L. Robinson: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1,1): 144. (1895)
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