Erysimum forrestii (W.W.Sm.) Polatschek

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, (4-)10-20(-30) cm tall; caudex several branched, covered with petiolar remains of previous years. Trichomes malpighiaceous, rarely a few 3-fid on leaves adaxially. Stems 1 to several from base, leafy. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole (1-)2-5(-8) cm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, oblong-ovate, spatulate, or oblanceolate-linear, (0.6-)1.5-6(-10) × 0.5-1.5(-2) cm, base attenuate, margin coarsely dentate or rarely denticulate, apex acute. Racemes corymbose, slightly elongated in fruit, bracteate throughout. Fruiting pedicels divaricate, 3-7(-20) mm, stout, narrower than fruit, straight. Sepals oblong-linear, 7-10(-12) mm, caducous, lateral pair strongly saccate. Petals yellow, broadly obovate or suborbicular, (1.4-)1.7-2(-2.5) cm × (6-)7-9 mm; claw usually longer than sepals. Filaments 0.8-1.3 cm; anthers oblong-linear, 2.5-3.5 mm. Ovules 14-24 per ovary. Fruit linear, flattened, (3.2-)4-8(-9) cm × 4-5 mm, not torulose, slightly curved; valves not keeled, with a distinct midvein, outside with malpighiaceous trichomes, inside glabrous; style 1-2 mm; stigma capitate, entire. Seeds oblong, 3-4.5 × 1.5-2.5 mm, on stout funicles. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Erysimum forrestii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:981692-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678733
COL ID 3BBK5
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Synonyms

Parrya forrestii Erysimum schneideri Cheiranthus forrestii Erysimum forrestii