Erysimum pallasii

taxobox
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Erysimum"
species = "E. pallasii"
binomial = "Erysimum pallasii"
binomial_authority = Pursh|

"Erysimum pallasii" is a low shrub or mid shrub species from the Arctic. It has purple flowers that do not reflect UV (Kevan 1972a).

Distribution

This wallflower has a circumpolar distribution (northern Greenland westward to North European Russia). It is widespread in the Canadian Arctic Archipielago, and common in Greenland, Norwest Canada and United States (Alaska).

Ecology

This species seems to be apomictic, since it is scarcely visited by insects and seed production is independent on flower visitors (Kevan 1972b). Nevertheless, more studies are needed on this topic.

References

*Kevan, P.G. 1972a.Floral colors in the high arctic with reference to insect-flower relations and pollination. Can. J. Bot. 50: 2289-2316.
*Kevan, P.G. 1972b. Insect pollination of high arctic flowers. Journal of Ecology 60:831-847.

External links

* [http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/_ca/www/brerpa.htm/ Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago]