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Brassicaceae

Claspleaf pennycress

Microthlaspi perfoliatum (L.) F.K.Mey.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Microthlaspi

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Claspleaf pennycress (Microthlaspi perfoliatum)
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Common names

By language (20)
Belarusian
Торбачнік пранізаналісты
Bulgarian
Прободенолистна попова лъжичка
Chinese
全叶小菥蓂, 全叶菥蓂, 貫葉菥蓂, 贯叶菥蓂
Czech
Penízek prorostlý
Dutch
Doorgroeide boerenkers
English
Claspleaf pennycress, Perfoliate pennycress, Cotswold pennycress
Estonian
Kaelus-litterhein, Kaelus-litterkõdrik
Finnish
Rikkataskuruoho
French
Tabouret perfolié, Mousselet, Tabouret perfolie
Galician
Mostacilla brava
German
Durchwachsenblättriges Kleintäschelkraut, Stängelumfassendes Hellerkraut, Stengelumfassendes Täschelkraut, Durchwachsenblättriges Täschelkraut, Stengelumfassendes Hellerkraut, Öhrchen-Hellerkraut
hsb
Wuškata jětrowka
Lithuanian
Šlaitinė čiužutė
Polish
Tobołki przerosłe
Russian
Ярутка пронзённая, Микроярутка пронзённая, Микроярутка пронзённолистная, Яруточка пронзённолистная
Slovak
Peniažtek prerastenolistý
Slovenian
Prerasli mošnjak
Spanish
Kandis perfoliatum, Mostacilla salvaje, Nasturtium perfoliatum, Pterotropis erratica, Telaspio menor, Thlaspidium cordatum
Swedish
Vårskärvfrö
Welsh
Codywasg trydwll

Synonyms

  • Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz
  • Thlaspi improperum Jord.
  • Thlaspi martiale Jord.
  • Thlaspi neglectum Crép.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum L.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum subsp. perfoliatum Beauverd
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. amplificatum Schur
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. caespitescens Murr
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. dentatum Borbás
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. improperum (Jord.) Gren.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. integerrimum Borbás
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. longipes Čelak.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. macrophyllum Willk.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. microcarpum Boiss.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. neglectum (Crép.) T.Durand
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. pusillum-praecox Schur
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. rotundatum Boiss.
  • Thlaspi perfoliatum var. simplicissimum DC.
  • Thlaspi pratulorum Gand.
  • Thlaspi revellierii Boreau

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.