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Brassicaceae

Island wallflower

Erysimum insulare (Greene) Greene

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Erysimum

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Island wallflower: Erysimum insulare subsp. suffrutescens
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Island wallflower

Synonyms

  • Cheiranthus insularis (Greene) Greene
  • Erysimum insulare subsp. grandifolium Rossbach
  • Erysimum insulare subsp. insulare

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.