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Erysimum jugicola

Erysimum jugicola
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0

Erysimum jugicola is a small perennial wallflower in the cabbage family, native to the mountains of the Western Alps and Ligurian Apennines. It is best grown as a rock or alpine garden plant in lean, free-draining soil.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mineral soil, ideally limestone-based or with added grit.
Temperature
Hardy to cold alpine winters; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Alps to Ligurian Appennini
Climate
temperate

About

Erysimum jugicola is a plant of the family Brassicaceae.

Where it grows

This species inhabits cliffs, dry meadows and stony pastures on limestones and serpentines at an elevation of 1,100–3,700 metres (3,600–12,100 ft) above sea level.

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 jugicola 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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