''Erysimum caboverdeanum'' is a species of flowering plants of the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

. The species is endemic to

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 :
Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.
' Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 42 It is listed as a critically endangered plant by the IUCN. The species was first described by

Auguste Chevalier Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (June 1873, in Domfront – June 1956, in Paris) was a French botanist, taxonomist, and explorer of tropical Africa, especially of French colonial empire in Africa that included Côte d'Ivoire. He also explored an ...

in 1935 as ''Matthiola caboverdeana''; it was placed into the genus ''

Erysimum ''Erysimum'', or wallflower, is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. It includes more than 150 species, both popular garden plants and many wild forms. ''Erysimum'' is characterised by star-shaped and/or two-sided) tr ...

'' by Per Øgle Sunding in 1974. Its local name is ''cravo-brabo'' ("wild carnation").Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde
/ref> It is used in traditional medicine.

Description

The plant is a small shrub, reaching around 60 cm height. Its narrow leaves are up to 4 cm long and 0.2 cm wide. The flowers are lilac colored, the fruits are very narrow, up to 6 cm long and stand upright.

Distribution and ecology

''Erysimum caboverdeanum'' is restricted to the island of Fogo, where it occurs between 1,600 and 2,000 metres elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3057587 caboverdeanum Flora of Fogo, Cape Verde Endemic flora of Cape Verde Taxa named by Auguste Chevalier