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Erysimum asperum
Also called Prairie Rocket, Prairie Wallflower, Prairie Rocket Wallflower
Erysimum asperum is a prairie wildflower in the cabbage family, native to grasslands of west-central North America. It grows best in full sun and well-drained soil, and tolerates drought once established.
Erysimum asperum, the western wallflower (a name it shares with Erysimum capitatum), is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to west-central Canada, the west-central United States, and northern Mexico; in grasslands generally east of the Continental Divide and west of the Mississippi. It is a member of the Erysimum asperum-E. capitatum species complex.
Wallflower · Spreading wallflower · Erysimum siliculosum · Wallflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erysimum asperum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
