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Erysimum etnense

Erysimum etnense is a short-lived perennial wallflower-type herb found only on Mount Etna in Sicily, growing at high altitude in shrubland. It needs cool, sunny, well-drained conditions and is best grown outdoors in a rock garden or dry bed.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or stony mineral soil.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold winters, protect from prolonged waterlogged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. & CE. Sicilia
Climate
subtropical

About

Erysimum etnense is a short-lived, polycarpic perennial herb endemic and found exclusively on Mount Etna, in Sicily, Italy. It grows from 1000 to 2000 metres above sea level and inhabits Genista aetnensis shrublands.

Other Erysimum plants

Coast wallflower · Cascade wallflower · Western wallflower · Erysimum baeticum · Cape Verde Wallflower · Erysimum canescens · Sanddune wallflower · Erysimum cazorlense · Wormseed wallflower · Wallflower · Erysimum collinum · Erysimum crepidifolium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erysimum etnense 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.

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