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| Cheiranthus (Erysimum) species, Wallflower
Plant essence guidance for the soul: Wants to help. Wants to be a part of a group. Wants to help others achieve their goals too. |
| Interesting tidbits:
The wallflower is a perennial sub-shrub, naturally occurring in all of southern Europe on old walls, quarries, and sea cliffs. All have the typical four-petalled flowers that give the crucifers (the cabbage family) their name. It is a branching woody-based plant thirty to seventy-five centimetres tall, with narrow green leaves and broad clusters of fragrant flowers in cream, yellow, orange, red, brown, or burgundy. The flowers are sometimes shaded or veined with a contrasting colour. The meaning of the genus name Cheiranthus is obscure but the Latin name is derived from cheir, a hand, and anthos, a flower, because the flowers were suitable for hand bouquets. It is probably from the Arabic kheyri (a sweet-smelling red flower) or keiri, a hand bouquet. Wallflowers were introduced into England about 300 years ago. In olden times this flower was carried in the hand at festivals. |