| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erysimum altaicum C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 3: 153 (1831) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Siberia to n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-4600m |
| Description | leaves 2-7cm long, linear-oblong, at base tapered, entire or minutely dentate, flowers in dense raceme, petals 1-2cm long, siliques erect, 6-7cm long |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | biennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
| Synonyms | Cheiranthus alpinus Falk Erysimum altaicum var. humillimum C.A.Mey. Erysimum altaicum var. shinganicum Y.L.Chang Erysimum altaicum var. subincanum C.A.Mey. Erysimum altaicum var. subviride Ledeb. Erysimum cheiranthus var. subincanum (C.A.Mey.) Regel Erysimum cheiranthus var. subviride (Ledeb.) Regel Erysimum fischerianum Prescott ex Ledeb. Erysimum flavum ssp. humillimum (C.A.Mey.) A.L.Ebel Erysimum flavum var. schinganicum (Y.L.Chang) K.C.Kuan Erysimum flavum var. subincanum (Ledeb.) Polozhij Erysimum flavum var. subviride (Ledeb.) Polozhij Erysimum humillimum (C.A.Mey.) N.Busch Sisymbrium cheiranthus Trautv. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria) 37 Mongolia |