Erysimum ammophilum A.Heller

Coast wallflower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Erysimum

Characteristics

Biennials or perennials; (short-lived). Trichomes of leaves 2-4(-7)-rayed. Stems erect, unbranched or branched distally, 0.4-9(-13) dm. Basal leaves: blade (somewhat fleshy), linear-oblanceolate, 3.5-15.5 cm × 2-9 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or obscurely dentate, apex acute. Cauline leaves: blade (oblanceolate), margins entire. Racemes considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate to divaricate-ascending, stout, slightly narrower than fruit, 4-10(-13) mm. Flowers: 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. Fruits 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, 1.5-3 × 1-1.8 mm; winged distally (narrowly so around). 2n = 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-6
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Distribution

Erysimum ammophilum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307209-2
WFO ID wfo-0000678396
COL ID 6H3V6
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Synonyms

Erysimum ammophilum Cheiranthus ammophilus Cheirinia ammophila