Erysimum franciscanum |
Erysimum ammophilum |
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Franciscan wallflower, San Francisco wallflower |
coast wallflower, sand-loving wallflower |
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Habit | Perennials or subshrubs. | Biennials or perennials; (short-lived). |
Stems | erect, often branched distally, (woody at base), 0.6–5(–6) dm. |
erect, unbranched or branched distally, 0.4–9(–13) dm. |
Basal leaves | (often withered in suffrutescent plants); blade oblanceolate to oblanceolate-linear, 2.5–17 cm × (2–)3–16(–20) mm, base attenuate, margins sinuate-dentate or dentate, apex acute. |
blade (somewhat fleshy), linear-oblanceolate, 3.5–15.5 cm × 2–9 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or obscurely dentate, apex acute. |
Cauline leaves | (distal) petiolate; blade margins usually dentate, rarely denticulate. |
blade (oblanceolate), margins entire. |
Racemes | considerably elongated in fruit. |
considerably elongated in fruit. |
Flowers | sepals oblong to linear-oblong, 8–12(–15) mm, lateral pair saccate basally; petals yellow to cream, obovate to suborbicular, 14–29 × 5–12(–15) mm, claw 9–17 mm, apex rounded; median filaments 9–15 mm; anthers linear, 2.5–4 mm. |
sepals oblong to linear-oblong, 7.5–11(–13) mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally; petals bright yellow, broadly obovate to suborbicular, 14–24 × 6–11(–14) mm, claw 8–14 mm, apex rounded; median filaments 8.5–12 mm; anthers linear, 3–4 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate to ascending, stout, narrower than fruit, 5–17(–22) mm. |
divaricate to divaricate-ascending, stout, slightly narrower than fruit, 4–10(–13) mm. |
Fruits | usually ascending, rarely spreading, narrowly linear, straight or curved upward, not or, rarely, slightly torulose, (3.8–)4–11(–14) cm × 2–4 mm, latiseptate, not striped; valves with somewhat prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes (2 or) 3 (or 4)-rayed, glabrous inside; ovules 32–64 per ovary; style cylindrical, slender, 0.5–3.5 mm, sparsely pubescent; stigma 2-lobed, lobes as long as wide. |
spreading, narrowly linear, straight, not torulose, (2–)3.5–12 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm, latiseptate, not striped; valves with prominent midvein, pubescent outside, trichomes 2–4-rayed, glabrous inside; ovules 50–86 per ovary; style cylindrical, stout, 0.3–1.5(–2) mm, sparsely pubescent; stigma slightly 2-lobed, lobes as long as wide. |
Seeds | oblong, 2–3.5(–4) × 1.2–2.2(–2.5) mm; wing distal, present on 1 or both margins. |
oblong, 1.5–3 × 1–1.8 mm; winged distally (narrowly so around). |
Trichomes | of leaves 2-rayed mixed with 3(–5)-rayed ones. |
of leaves 2–4(–7)-rayed. |
2n | = 36. |
= 36. |
Erysimum franciscanum |
Erysimum ammophilum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jan–Apr. | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Serpentine outcrops, coastal scrub or sand dunes, granitic hillsides | Sand dunes |
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) | 0-50 m (0-200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Erysimum franciscanum is known from Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties. Historical records indicate that it grew previously in Sonoma County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Erysimum ammophilum is restricted to coastal and nearby sand dunes of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 540. | FNA vol. 7, p. 536. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Erysimeae > Erysimum | Brassicaceae > tribe Erysimeae > Erysimum |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | E. franciscanum var. crassifolium | Cheiranthus ammophilus, Cheirinia ammophila |
Name authority | Rossbach: Aliso 4: 118. (1958) | A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 51. (1904) |
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