Prairie-rocket Wallflower

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Erysimum asperum

Prairie-rocket Wallflower, a reference photo
Photo: USDA NRCS Montana · Public domain

Erysimum asperum, the western wallflower (a name it shares with Erysimum capitatum), is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to west-central Canada, the west-central United States, and northern Mexico; in grasslands generally east of the Continental Divide and west of the Mississippi. It is a member of the Erysimum asperum-E. capitatum species complex.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Prairie-rocket Wallflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Species
Erysimum asperum

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