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Cape Verde Wallflower

Erysimum caboverdeanum

Cape Verde Wallflower
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Cape Verde (Fogo)
Climate
subtropical

About

Erysimum caboverdeanum is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as a critically endangered plant by the IUCN. The species was first described by Auguste Chevalier in 1935 as Matthiola caboverdeana; it was placed into the genus Erysimum by Per Øgle Sunding in 1974. Its local name is cravo-brabo ("wild carnation"). It is used in traditional medicine.

Where it grows

Erysimum caboverdeanum is restricted to the island of Fogo, where it occurs between 1,600 and 2,000 metres elevation.

Other Erysimum plants

Coast wallflower · Cascade wallflower · Western wallflower · Erysimum baeticum · Erysimum canescens · Sanddune wallflower · Erysimum cazorlense · Wormseed wallflower · Wallflower · Erysimum collinum · Erysimum crepidifolium · Bent Treacle Mustard

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erysimum caboverdeanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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