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Erysimum cheiranthoides

Wormseed Wallflower

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143053

Element CodePDBRA16060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusErysimum

Synonyms

Erysimum cheiranthoides ssp. cheiranthoides

Other Common Names

Vélar fausse-giroflée (FR) Wormseed Mustard (EN) wormseed wallflower (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Apparently native in both Eurasia and western North America but adventive in eastern North America, according to Rollins, Cruciferae.

Conservation Status

Review Date1997-05-18

Change Date1997-05-18

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Ontario	S5	Yes
Nunavut	SU	Yes
British Columbia	SNA	No
Alberta	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Manitoba	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	S4	Yes
Indiana	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNA	No
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Delaware	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNA	No
Alabama	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
California	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Washington	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
District of Columbia	S1	Yes
New Jersey	SNA	No
Missouri	SNR	Yes
Vermont	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Florida	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boston Bar	Chugach National Forest	53,617

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Snowy Mountains Wsa	Lewis and Clark National Forest	88,003

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.