Common name:
Wallflower
Family:
Scientific name:
Erysimum cheiri
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; least common in north Scotland. A naturalised species
Height:
Between 20 cm and 60 cm
Habitat:
Old walls, rocky places
Flowers:
Red-purple in bud, yellow-orange when open, and 2.5 cm in diameter, with four relatively large petals, and four sepals half as long. Produced as a terminal cluster on stout stems which are woody towards the base
Fruit:
Hairy, flattened pods, up to 7 cm long, on stalks, pointing vertically upwards
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, bright green, glossy, up to 10 cm long
Season:
March to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
