Brassicaceae
Fendler's pennycress
Noccaea fendleri
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Noccaea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fendler's pennycress
Flowers
- In flower
- March to July (from 373 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Powers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Edward Camp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Parker Hopkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.