E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Erysimum cheiranthoides L.
wormseed mustard (wormseed wallflower)
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Distribution of Erysimum cheiranthoides
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Species Information

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General:
Annual or biennial herb from a taproot; stems simple or branched, leafy, 0.2-1.0 m tall, sparsely hairy with 2-pronged hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire or minutely toothed, 2-8 cm long, 2-18 mm wide, finely hairy with 3-pronged hairs.
Flowers:
Racemes bractless; flower stalks 4-15 mm long, spreading or spreading-ascending; petals pale yellow, 3.5-5 mm long; sepals yellowish or greenish, 2-3 mm long.
Fruits:
Siliques, ascending to erect, 1.5-2 (3) cm long, about 1 mm wide, round in cross section, finely appressed-hairy; beaks 0.5-1 mm long; seeds 1-1.2 mm long, wingless.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Moist to mesic roadsides, fields and waste places in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent throughout BC except the Queen Charlotte Islands and adjacent coast; circumboreal, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to NC, MI, UT and CA; Eurasia, native status uncertain.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Erysimum cheiranthoides

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Elevation (metres) 585 993 1770
Slope Gradient (%) 0 19 75
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]
185 243 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
1 3 6
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
E
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:
11
Modal BEC Zone Class
BG
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: BG(3), MS(1), PP(1), SBPS(1), SBS(1)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Cheirinia cheiranthoides (L.) Link
Erysimum cheiranthoides subsp. altum Ahti
Erysimum cheiranthoides subsp. cheiranthoides

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