Brassicaceae
Alpine pennycress
Noccaea montana
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Noccaea
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- نوكايا مونتانا
- Czech
- Penízek horský
- Dutch
- Bergboerenkers
- English
- Alpine pennycress, Alpine pennygrass
- German
- Berg-Hellerkraut, Berg-Täschelkraut
- hsb
- Skalna jětrowka
- Hungarian
- Hegyi tarsóka
Synonyms
- Crucifera montana (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Draba carnica Scop.
- Draba carniolica Vitman
- Iberis badensis L.
- Noccaea montana subsp. villarsiana (Jord.) Kerguélen
- Pterotropis beugesiaca (Jord.) Fourr.
- Thlaspi beugesiacum Jord.
- Thlaspi lotharingum Jord.
- Thlaspi montanum L.
- Thlaspi montanum var. angustifolium Beck
- Thlaspi montanum var. dubium Crép.
- Thlaspi montanum var. exauriculatum Beck
- Thlaspi montanum var. montanum
- Thlaspi montanum var. obcordatum Beck
- Thlaspi spathulatum Gaterau
- Thlaspi villarsianum Jord.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Klaus Selle MA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: baffo0903, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jack21, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: romain azim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.