Brassicaceae
Chamois cress
Hornungia alpina
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Hornungia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- هورنونجيا البينا
- Bulgarian
- Алпийско притцелаго
- Croatian
- Planinska grančika
- Czech
- Řeřuška alpská
- English
- Chamois cress
- Estonian
- Alpi kaljukress
- German
- Gämskresse, Alpen-Gämskresse, Alpen-Gemskresse
- hsb
- Alpska kamzyčka
- Polish
- Rzeżuszka alpejska
- Slovenian
- Alpska krešica
- Swedish
- Alpkrassing
Synonyms
- Arabis angustifolia Lam.
- Astylus alpinus Dulac
- Capsella alpina Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
- Crucifera hutchinsia E.H.L.Krause
- Draba alpina Baumg.
- Draba nasturtiolum Scop.
- Hutchinsia alpina (L.) R.Br.
- Lepidium alpinum L.
- Lepidium alpinum Siev.
- Lepidium halleri Crantz
- Nasturtium alpinum Crantz
- Noccaea affinis Rouy & Foucaud
- Noccaea alpina Rchb.
- Pritzelago affinis (Gren. ex F.W.Schultz) Kuntze
- Pritzelago media Kuntze
- Smelowskia alpina C.A.Mey.
Photos
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Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.