Brassicaceae
Shy wallflower
Erysimum inconspicuum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Erysimum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Shy wallflower
- Swedish
- Indiankårel
Synonyms
- Cheiranthus inconspicuus (S.Watson) Greene
- Cheiranthus syrticola (E.Sheld.) Greene
- Cheirinia inconspicua Rydb.
- Cheirinia parviflora Farw.
- Cheirinia syrticola (Sheldon) Rydb.
- Erysimum asperum var. inconspicuum S.Watson
- Erysimum asperum var. parviflorum (Nutt.) M.E.Jones
- Erysimum inconspicuum var. inconspicuum MacMill.
- Erysimum inconspicuum var. syrticola (E.Sheld.) Farw.
- Erysimum inconspicuum var. syrticolum (E.Sheld.) Farw.
- Erysimum parviflorum Nutt.
- Erysimum syrticolum E.Sheld.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.