Erysimum Inconspicuum, Smallflower Wallflower
Plants > Wildflowers > Brassicaceae > Erysimum Inconspicuum
Common names:
Smallflower wallflower , shy wallflower
Family:
Scientific name:
Erysimum inconspicuum
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered areas of most of the Western states; not California
Height:
Between 6 and 27 inches
Habitat:
Varied; roadsides, cliffs, fields, grassland, waste ground; 300 to 8,500 feet
Leaves:
Linear to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 3 inches long and around a third of an inch wide
Season:
April to August
Erysimum inconspicuum inhabits a wide range of habitats, elevations and locations. The reddish stems grow vertically upwards, branch (if at all) towards the top, and have bear relatively few leaves, around the base and along the stem. Leaves are long and narrow, sometimes slightly curved up along the axis, and covered by short, appressed, branched hairs; divided into two or three. Margins may be entire or fine toothed. Leaf tips are pointed. Cauline leaves are angled upwards, close to the stem. Basal leaves tend to be withered at flowering time.
Flowers are formed of four oblong, reddish-yellow sepals, the opposite pairs slightly different in shape, and four clawed, oblanceolate, yellow petals, approximately equal in length - around a third of an inch. Petal tips are rounded. Fruits are ascending, narrow, straight and linear, up to 2.5 inches long.
Flowers are formed of four oblong, reddish-yellow sepals, the opposite pairs slightly different in shape, and four clawed, oblanceolate, yellow petals, approximately equal in length - around a third of an inch. Petal tips are rounded. Fruits are ascending, narrow, straight and linear, up to 2.5 inches long.
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