Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Erysimum L., Sp. Pl. 660-661 (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Cheiranthus L., Sp. Pl. 661 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Wallflower
 Description

Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs branched, medifixed or stellate. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs simple, toothed to pinnatifid. Racemes ebracteate, often ± corymbose. Sepals erect, the inner usually saccate, the outer often horned at apex. Petals yellow or purple. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, median 2, between stamen bases. Style up to (⅓) valve length; stigma capitate or slightly 2-lobed. Silique linear to narrow-oblong, dehiscent; valves 1-veined; beak 0. Seeds oblong, sometimes winged, in 1 row per locule.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Erysimum L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.