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Fam.: Brassicaceae / Crucifers  

Synon.:  Cheiranthus cheiri  L.

Genus:  Erysimum  L.,  Cheiranthus  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   CRANTZ:  Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722 - 1799), Austrian botanist
 

Etymology:
   Erysimum:   Greek plant name, from eryesthai = to save
   cheiri:   kheri = arabic name of the Wallflower
   Cheiranthus:   kheri (Arab. ) = Wallflower, anthos = blossom
 

It is assumed that the Wallflower Erysimum cheiri, which is known only as an ornamental plant, has been breeded already in the Roman times out of Erysimum species from the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor as e.g. Erysimum corinthium WETTST. and Erysimum senoneri WETTST.
In the walls of Heidelberg Castle relatively primordial yellow-flowered forms have been preserved, which converge towards the parent species again. These differ not only by the lighter flower color, but e.g. also by smaller plant height and shorter leaf length from the orange to red flowered forms currently offered in garden trade or some ten years old forms still available in cottage gardens. Unfortunately in the Heidelberg Castle often renovations are destroying Wallflower sites.
The plants which are cultivated in a monastery on the Greek island of Samos seem to belong to a similarly old form.

 

Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 1:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 2:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 3:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 4:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 5:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 6:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 7:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 8:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 9:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Fig. 10:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 4.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 3.4.2017
Fig. 11:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 3.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heidelberg, Castle 3.4.2017
Fig. 12:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heidelberg, Castle 3.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Fig. 13:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Fig. 14:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Fig. 15:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Fig. 16:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Fig. 17:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bad Kreuznach, Ruine Rheingrafenstein 20.4.2021
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Trier 12.5.1985
Fig. 18:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Trier 12.5.1985
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Fig. 19:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Fig. 20:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Fig. 21:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Fig. 22:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Fig. 23:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen, Castle 1.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 5.4.2007
Fig. 24:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 5.4.2007
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 5.4.2007
Fig. 25:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 5.4.2007
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Fig. 26:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Fig. 27:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Fig. 28:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower (young plant)
D Neuleiningen 23.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Fig. 29:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Fig. 30:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Fig. 31:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Fig. 32:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Fig. 33:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 1.5.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Fig. 34:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Fig. 35:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Fig. 36:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Fig. 37:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower (in bud)
D Mannheim-Seckenheim 4.4.2020
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Mannheim 7.5.2009
Fig. 38:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Mannheim 7.5.2009
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Fig. 39:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Fig. 40:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Fig. 41:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Bensheim 6.5.2015
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 12.10.2008
Fig. 42:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 12.10.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Neuleiningen 12.10.2008
Fig. 43:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Neuleiningen 12.10.2008
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Fig. 44:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Fig. 45:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Fig. 46:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Fig. 47:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
D Heimbach 24.5.2018
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, Croatia Istria, Motovun 28.5.2006
Fig. 48:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
Croatia, Istria, Motovun 28.5.2006
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Fig. 49:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower
F La Couvertoirade 27.5.2009
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, Samos Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Fig. 50:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower (cultiv.)
Samos, Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower, Samos Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017
Fig. 51:  Erysimum cheiri / Wallflower (cultiv.)
Samos, Zoodochos Pigi 11.4.2017

 


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