Noccaea montana

Noccaea montana, the alpine pennycress,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found in the Western United States. It has a basal rosette out of which grows "one or several short, unbranched stems that have small, arrow-shaped leaves and end in dense racemes of tiny white flowers."[2]

Noccaea montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Brassicales
Family:
Brassicaceae
Genus:
Noccaea
Species:
N. montana
Binomial name
Noccaea montana
(L.) F. K. Mey.
Range of Noccaea montana within the United States
Synonyms
  • Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca (A.Nelson) Al-Shehbaz & M.Koch
  • Thlaspi montanum L.

Distribution and habitat

In the United States, Noccaea montana is found almost completely to the west of a line joining Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

References
  1. "Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (2005). "Thlaspi montanum". Native Plant Information. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2006.
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