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Erysimum scoparium (Teide Wallflower)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Erysimum
Species
Erysimum ammophilum Erysimum angustatum Erysimum arenicola Erysimum capitatum Erysimum cheiranthoides Erysimum cheiri Erysimum durum Erysimum franciscanum Erysimum hieracilifolium Erysimum inconspicuum Erysimum insulare Erysimum menziesii Erysimum occidentale Erysimum odoratum Erysimum pallasii Erysimum perofskianum Erysimum repandum Erysimum scoparium Erysimum teretifolium Erysimum scoparium (Teide Wallflower) - photo User:MPF at 2050m altitude on Teide, Tenerife, mid-April. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Brassicales are an order of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera See text The flowering plant family Brassicaceae, known as the mustard/cabbage family, provides much of the worlds winter vegetables. ... Binomial name Erysimum franciscanum The Franciscan Wallflower or San Francisco Wallflower Erysimum franciscanum is endemic to the northern California coast, from Sonoma to Santa Cruz County. ...

The genus Erysimum includes the wallflowers, which include both popular garden species and many wild forms. There are about 80 species, native to southwest Asia, the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, and North America. They are small, short-lived perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, reaching 10-130 cm tall, with bright yellow to red or pink flowers produced throughout the spring and summer. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Macaronesia Macaronesia is a modern invented collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... A herb (pronounced urb in American English and hurb in most varieties of Commonwealth English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... A subshrub (Latin suffrutex) is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody perennial plant, distinguished from a shrub by variously its ground-hugging stems and lower height, with overwintering perennial woody growth typically less than 10-20 cm tall, or by being only weakly woody and/or only... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...

Several are endemic to small areas, such as the Teide Wallflower E. scoparium, endemic to the Teide volcano on Tenerife, the Franciscan wallflower, E. franciscanum, endemic to the northern California coast, and the endangered Santa Cruz wallflower, E. teretifolium, endemic to the inland sandhills of Santa Cruz County, California. This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ... Teide (Mount Teide or Pico de Teide) is a volcano and mountain on Tenerife, Canary Islands (28. ... The Anaga Mountain Range in the north of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Binomial name Erysimum franciscanum The Franciscan Wallflower or San Francisco Wallflower Erysimum franciscanum is endemic to the northern California coast, from Sonoma to Santa Cruz County. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ... Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Cultivation

Erysimum 'Chelsea Jacket'

Most garden wallflower cultivars (including e.g. Erysimum 'Chelsea Jacket', left) are derived from E. cheiri, from southern Europe. Growth is best in dry soils with very good drainage, and they are often grown successfully in loose wall mortar, whence the vernacular name. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 96 KB)Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 96 KB)Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Cultivar Erysimum Chelsea jacket Small and short-lived, the Erysimum Chelsea Jacket is a perennial plant usually grown for its long-lasting and brightly coloured flowers. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects space. ... Mortar has several meanings: A mortar is a military weapon into which is dropped a mortar shell, which is then fired in a high ballistic trajectory. ...

The term wallflower is also used to refer to shy individuals in social situations. In social situations, a wallflower is a slang term used to describe shy or unpopular individuals who do not socialize or participate in activities at social events. ...