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Erysimum asperum

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Prairie-rocket Wallflower

G5Secure Found in 8 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139038

Element CodePDBRA16040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusErysimum

Other Common Names

Prairie Rocket (EN) Vélar des prairies (FR) western wallflower (EN) Western Wallflower (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

The treatment of Erysimum asperum in Kartesz (1994) excluded E. asperum var. angustatum (Rydb.) Boivin, including it in E. capitatum var. capitatum. Kartesz (1999) included all of Erysimum asperum in E. capitatum. FNA (2010, vol. 7) accepts E. asperum as distinct and possibly with the same circumscription; it is possible that previous reports of E. asperum from places outside the range documented in FNA are misidentifications.

Conservation Status

Review Date1984-04-16

Change Date1984-04-16

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S3	Yes
Ontario	SNA	No
Alberta	S3	Yes
Quebec	SNA	No

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Kansas	S5	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Iowa	SNA	No
Montana	S4	Yes
Nevada	S2	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S4	Yes
Nebraska	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (8)

North Dakota (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Durler	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	12,464
Magpie	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	21,281
Ponderosa Pine	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	7,471
Sheyenne	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	14,537
Wannagan	Dakota Prairie Grasslands	6,026

Utah (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Burch Creek	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	6,938
Hogsback	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	7,936
South Francis	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	3,374

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.