Noccaea montana

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.;

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

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (2005). "Thlaspi montanum". Native Plant Information. Retrieved 11 February 2006.

External links

Media related to Noccaea montana at Wikimedia Commons

[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[2] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (2005). "Thlaspi montanum". Native Plant Information. Retrieved 11 February 2006.

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