Erysimum inconspicuum (S.Watson) MacMill.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Brassicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Erysimum inconspicuum (S.Watson) MacMill.

  • Description

    Species Description - Erect, often simple perennial 3–8 dm; lvs mostly erect or ascending, linear to oblanceolate, entire or obscurely and remotely sinuate-dentate, the cauline rarely over 5 mm wide; pubescence of the upper lf-surface of mixed 2-pronged and some 3-pronged hairs; sep densely stellate, 5–7 mm; pet pale yellow, 6–10 mm; anthers (1.5–)2–2.5 mm; mature racemes elongate, the stout, ascending pedicels 3–9 mm; frs erect or nearly so, 1.5–4 cm; 2n=54. Dry soil of prairies, plains, and upland woods; Alas. to Nev., e. to Man., Minn., and n. Mich., and occasionally adventive eastward. May–Aug. (E. parviflorum; Cheirinia inconspicua; C. syrticola)