PLANTS Profile for Erysimum capitatum (sanddune wallflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene
sanddune wallflower

Symbol:

ERCA14

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N

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Photo of Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

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Distribution:
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MO, MT, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY)

Related Taxa:
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 22 species in Erysimum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum
Contra Costa wallflower

Erysimum capitatum var. bealianum
sanddune wallflower

Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
sanddune wallflower

Erysimum capitatum var. lompocense
San Luis Obispo wallflower

Erysimum capitatum var. perenne
sanddune wallflower

Erysimum capitatum var. purshii
Pursh's wallflower

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Erysimum L. – wallflower
Species	Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene – sanddune wallflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum
Contra Costa wallflower		Endangered
California:
Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum
Contra Costa wallflower		Endangered
Indiana:
prairie-rocket wallflower		Threatened
Ohio:
Erysimum arkansanum [=ERCAC]
western wall-flower		Endangered
Tennessee:
western wallflower		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22932.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 09:54 AM MDT