Perennial Wall Rocket

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Found in disturbed areas, ballast. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Ecological relationships

—CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Hardiness · “Zones 5a–9b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “6 inches–2 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Dappled sunlight (shade through upper canopy all day); Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
primary_flower_color · “yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil pH · “Acidic to alkaline” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “1–2 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Flix Weed; Flixweed; Perennial Wallrocket