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3232

Forb
Biennial

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Rare, as well as waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile or short-petiolate
Margins serrate to entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals

FRUIT:
Summer
Silique

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
 Erysimum cheiranthoides   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erysimum cheiranthoides   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-18-001:
 Erysimum cheiranthoides   FAMILY Brassicaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Wormseed Mustard, Wormseed Wallflower

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image of Erysimum cheiranthoides, Wormseed Mustard, Wormseed Wallflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chch10_001_lvd