Bushy Wallflower
Common Name: Bushy Wallflower
Other Names: Spreading Wallflower, Spreading Wormseed
Species Name: Erysimum repandum L.
Plant Type: Broadleafs, Herbaceous
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Examples of Bushy Wallflower Erysimum repandum L.
| Plant Facts | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Native |
| Duration | Annual |
| Season | Cool |
| Distribution in the U.S. | Primarily in the central and southern Great Plains (NE, SD, KS, OK, TX, IA, MO, MT, WY, CO, NM). |
| Distribution in Oklahoma | Throughout the state |
ID Characteristics
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Field Identification Characteristics
- Flowers: Pale yellow or sulphur yellow (rarely greenish-yellow) corolla; petals 4 (5-11 millimeters long); sepals 4 (4-5.5 millimeters long), densely hairy, hairs stellate
- Inflorescence: Raceme, elongating in fruit, flowers often spreading at right angles to the rachis (central stem)
- Narrow leaves with smooth edges
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Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Shape: Linear to linear oblanceolate, upper blades triangular at the base, margins unevenly dentate to even, surfaces thinly pubescent with 2 and 3 forked hairs
- Stipules: Absent
- Stems: Erect to ascending, usually branched, surfaces pubescent with forked hairs
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Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 4
- Flower Color: Pale yellow or sulphur yellow (rarely greenish yellow)
- Flower Timing: May-July
- Fruit Type: Silique (5-12 centimeters long, less than 1 millimeter in diameter), nearly round to 4 angled, appearing continuous with the pedicel, ascending to erect, smooth to pubescent; seeds several
| Habitat/Ecology | |
|---|---|
| Soil Type | Varying |
| Habitat | In cultivated fields (especially in winter wheat and fallow fields), alfalfa, roadsides, waste places and occasionally in pastures and rangeland |
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