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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Western Wallflower - Jason Fazio

Western Wallflower

Bloom Season: May - July

Habitat: You can find this showy, native biennial or short-lived perennial growing naturally in foothill scrublands, dry mountain meadows, and open, rocky slopes.

Photography Notes: Photographer-friendly

Credits: Jason Fazio, 28 May

Erysimum capitatum is a species of wallflower known commonly as the sanddune wallflower, western wallflower, or prairie rocket.

This species can be found in regions across North America, from the Great Lakes to the West Coast of the United States. Some varieties have an extremely narrow distribution, especially those endemic to California.

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Western Wallflower (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.