Brassicaceae
Alpine pennycress
Noccaea caerulescens
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Noccaea
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Common names
By language (16)
- Belarusian
- Торбачнік альпійскі
- Czech
- Penízek modravý
- Dutch
- Bosboerenkers
- English
- Alpine pennycress
- Estonian
- Alpi litterkõdrik
- Finnish
- Kevättaskuruoho, Ketotaskuruoho
- French
- Tabouret bleuâtre, Tabouret des bois
- German
- Gebirgs-Hellerkraut, Gebirgs-Täschelkraut, Alpen-Hellerkraut, Voralpen-Hellerkraut
- hsb
- Hórska jětrowka
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårpengeurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vårpengeurt
- Persian
- گیاه سوییس, گیاهٔ سوییس
- Russian
- Яруточка сизоватая, Ярутка альпийская
- Slovak
- Peniažtek alpínsky
- Swedish
- Backskärvfrö
- Welsh
- Codywasg y mwynfeydd
Synonyms
- Crucifera coerulescens E.H.L.Krause
- Pterotropis gaudiniana (Jord.) Fourr.
- Pterotropis sylvestris (Jord.) Fourr.
- Thlaspi sylvestre var. oligosperma Merino
- Thlaspidium alpestre (L.) Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 345 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Edoardo Nardelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Haltiamieli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aleksandr Novikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aspérule, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ilkka Kaita-aho, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pirnale, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Виктор, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Noccaea cypriaBrassicaceae
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- Slovak penny-cressNoccaea jankaeBrassicaceae
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.