Cheiranthus Cheiranthus, L.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FEC7-FEC5-CF9C-F6284FBBC494 |
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Cheiranthus Cheiranthus |
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1. C. cheiri L. , Sp. Pl. 661 (1753)
(inch C. senoneri Heldr. & Sart. ).
Perennial up to 90 cm; hairs medifixed. Lower leaves 2-10cm, oblong-lanceolate. Pedicels 5-15 mm in fruit. Petals 15-25 mm, yellow. Siliqua 25-75 x 2-4 mm, more or less erect, compressed; style 2-3 mm. Seeds c. 3 mm. 2« = 14. S. Greece and islands of the S. Aegean; widely cultivated for ornament and naturalized on walls, cliffs and rocks in C., W. & S. Europe. Cr Gr [Au Be BI Br Cz Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Sa Si Tu].
Very variable, especially in the Aegean region.
The flower-colour in cultivation varies from yellow and orange to red, purple or brown or some combination of these. Many of the modern cultivars are probably of hybrid origin.
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Cheiranthus Cheiranthus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
C. cheiri
| L. 1753: 661 |