Brassicaceae
Erysimum

Erysimum virgatum Roth

First published in Catal. Bot. 1: 75 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Central Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya. It is a biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

East Himalaya, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Vermont, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Peccenini, S. (2012). The genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae) in Italy, part I. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 114: 95-128.
  • Polatschek, A. (2010). Revision der Gattung Erysimum (Cruciferae): Teil 1: Russland, die Nachfolgstaaten der USSR (excl. Georgien, Armenien, Azerbaidzan), China, Indien, Pakistan, Japan und Korea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 111: 181-275.
  • Polatschek, A. (2012). Revision der Gattung Erysimum (Cruciferae), teil 3: Amerika und Grönland. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 113: 139-192.
  • Polatschek, A. (2013). Revision der Gattung Erysimum (Cruciferae): Teil 5. Nord-, West-, Zentraleuropa, Rumänien und westliche Balkan-Halbinsel bis Albanien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 115: 75-218.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, C. (2014). Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia: 1. Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • German, D.A. (2008). Six new synonyms in the central Asian Cruciferae (Brassicaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 38-40.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2013). Conspectus florae resource rezervat "Suntar-Hayata" republic Sakha (Yakutia). Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 1(11): 47-57.
  • Polatschek, A. (2012). Revision der Gattung Erysimum (Cruciferae), teil 3: Amerika und Grönland. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 113: 139-192.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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