Sisymbrium erysimoidesDesf.

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WFO wfo-0000432581 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. a Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 192585233
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by T. Hammer
fig. b T. Hammer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185181108
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. c Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184715961
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Elliot Greiner
fig. d Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178527680
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Elliot Greiner
fig. e Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178527616
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Elliot Greiner
fig. f Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178527721
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Vítor Jorge
fig. g Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175300302
Sisymbrium erysimoides, photographed by Denys Vynokurov
fig. h Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173586725

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Sisymbrium erysimoides is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, Pakistan, Baleares, Sardegna, Spain AlgeriaChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaKenyaLibyaMoroccoSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTunisiaWestern SaharaGulf StatesIranIraqKuwaitOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenPakistanSpain Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Sisymbrium erysimoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Gulf States GST ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Sardegna SAR
Spain SPA
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hesperis erysimoides (Desf.) Kuntze
  • Norta erysimoides (Desf.) Britton
  • Pachypodium erysimoides (Desf.) Webb & Berthel.
  • Sisymbrium erysimoides var. xerophilum E.Fourn.
  • Sisymbrium nitidulum Lag. ex Spreng.
  • Sisymbrium nitidum Zea ex Desf.
  • Sisymbrium rigidulum Lag.
  • Sisymbrium vilaenadalis Sennen
  • Sisymbrium zeae Spreng.
  • Velarum erysimoides (Desf.) V.I.Dorof.
  • Velarum vilaenadalis (Sennen) V.I.Dorof.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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