Index / Search / Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
§1 Plant
Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene var. capitatum
vernacular sanddune wallflower — variety · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Erysimum
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 394 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–30 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 373,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 394 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Gilpin 08047
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Moffat 08081
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Power 16077
- Shoshone 16079
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Osborne 20141
- Phillips 20147
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nevada view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Columbia 53013
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Jefferson 53031
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Lincoln 53043
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- Skamania 53059
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERCAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7068679 ↗Record version
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