Bushy Wallflower

Bushy Wallflower, Spreading Wallflower, Wormseed Mustard, Treacle Mustard

(Erysimum repandum L.)

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

▲ basal rosettes that form prior to flowering

▲ ▼ young flowering plants

▲ ▼ flowering plants with long fruit structures

▲ flower and fruit detail

Bushy Wallflower, Spreading Wormseed:

branching annual weed that grows 6-24 inches tall with narrow, toothed margin basal leaves
flowers are small, yellow in terminal racemes
fruit is slender, very long silque--2-5" long--making plant look like densely branched, leafless plant at maturity
common in winter annual crops, forages, roadsides, non-crop areas