Erysimum arenicola
| Cascade wallflower | |
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| Erysimum arenicola blooms in ridge-top meadows (pictured) and rocky and gravelly ridges and outcrops from 900 to 2200 m elevation.[1][2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Erysimum |
| Species: | E. arenicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Erysimum arenicola | |
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Erysimum arenicola, the Cascade wallflower, is a plant species native to British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. It is found at high elevations from 900 to 2200 m in the Cascade and Olympic Mountains as well as on Vancouver Island.[2]
Erysimum arenicola is a perennial herb up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are narrow, up to 8 cm long. Flowers are yellow, borne in a raceme. Fruits are narrow and elongated, up to 10 cm long, straight or twisted, strongly torulose (= much narrower in between seeds) giving a lumpy appearance along the length of the mature fruit (silique). [2][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2013). "Erysimum arenicola". Wildflower Search. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c Flora of North America v 7 p 536.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1891. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 26: 124
- ^ photo of isotype of Erysimum arenicola at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
External links
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