Brassicaceae
Wormseed wallflower
Erysimum cheiranthoides
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Erysimum
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- قصيصة خيرانية, خردل الدبس
- arz
- قصيصه خيرانيه
- Azerbaijani
- Şəbbuyabənzər sarılıqotu
- Belarusian
- Жаўтушнік ляўкойны, Жаўтушнік лакфіёлевы, Жаўтушнік мацыёлавы
- Bulgarian
- Шибойна боянка
- Chinese
- 小花糖芥, 桂竹糖芥, 桂花糖芥, 糖荠, 野菜子
- csb
- Drobnokwiatowi tuj
- Czech
- Trýzel malokvětý
- Dutch
- Gewone steenraket
- English
- Wormseed wallflower, Treacle mustard, Treacle-mustard, Wormseed mustard
- Estonian
- Põld-harakalatv
- Finnish
- Peltoukonnauris
- French
- Vélar fausse Giroflée, Velar fausse Giroflee, Vélar fausse-giroflée, Vélar giroflée
- German
- Acker-Schöterich, Ackerschöterich, Goldlack-Schotendotter, Gänsesterbkraut, Lack-Schöterich, Lackschöterich, Schöterich
- hsb
- Rólny hórnač
- Irish
- Coinneal leighis
- Japanese
- 蝦夷スズシロ
- Kazakh
- Сарыбас
- Lithuanian
- Smalkinis tvertikas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkergull
- Polish
- Pszonak drobnokwiatowy
- Russian
- Желтушник левкойный, Желтушник лакфиолевый, Желтушник левкоевидный
- Slovak
- Horčičník cheirantovitý
- Slovenian
- Zlatnati šebenik
- Swedish
- Åkerkårel, Åkergyllen
- Welsh
- Triagl arfog
Synonyms
- Cheiranthus aquaticus Lej.
- Cheiranthus cheiranthoides A.Heller
- Cheiranthus cheiranthoides var. prostratus Lunell
- Cheiranthus erysimoides Huds.
- Cheiranthus scapigerus Willd.
- Cheiranthus turritoides Lam.
- Cheirinia cheiranthoides (L.) Link
- Cheirinia cheiranthoides var. prostrata Lunell
- Conringia turritoides Bubani
- Crucifera erysimum E.H.L.Krause
- Erysimastrum cheiranthus Trautv.
- Erysimum cheiranthifolium Gilib.
- Erysimum cheiranthoides f. angustifolium N.Busch
- Erysimum cheiranthoides f. brachycarpum N.Busch
- Erysimum cheiranthoides f. dentatum N.Busch
- Erysimum cheiranthoides f. dolichocarpum N.Busch
- Erysimum cheiranthoides f. paniculatum (Regel) N.Busch
- Erysimum cheiranthoides subsp. nodosum (Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Erysimum cheiranthoides var. nodosum Fr.
- Erysimum japonicum (Boiss.) Makino
- Erysimum lanceolatum Hook.
- Erysimum parviflorum Pers.
- Sisymbrium cheiranthoides Eaton & Wright
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 1,000 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Igor' R., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Полина Григорьева, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.