genus erysimum

1. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves;
   Old World and North America (synset 111907257)
   is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
   member holonym:

   • wallflower - any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
   • prairie rocket - any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
   • cheiranthus allionii, erysimum allionii, siberian wall flower - showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
   • cheiranthus asperus, erysimum arkansanum, erysimum asperum, western wall flower - biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
   • erysimum cheiranthoides, wormseed mustard - slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic
   belongs to: brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
   same as: erysimum

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