Noccaea montana
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Genus: | Noccaea
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| Species: | N. montana
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| Noccaea montana (L.)
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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]
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[]
- ^ "Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (2005). "Thlaspi montanum". Native Plant Information. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2006.
External links[]
Media related to Noccaea montana at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Brassicaceae
- Flora of the Western United States
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus