Noccaea rotundifolia

Noccaea rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Noccaea
Species:
N. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Noccaea rotundifolia
(L.) Moench
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Crucifera rotundifolia E.H.L.Krause
  • Hutchinsia rotundifolia (L.) W.T.Aiton
  • Iberidella rotundifolia (L.) Hook.f.
  • Iberis rotundifolia L. (1753) (basionym)
  • Iberis repens Lam.
  • Lepidium rotundifolium (L.) All.
  • Noccaea rotundifolia subsp. intermedia F.K.Mey.
  • Thlaspi cepaeifolium subsp. rotundifolium (L.) Greuter & Burdet
  • Thlaspi limosellifolium Reut. ex Rouy & Foucaud
  • Thlaspi repens Maire
  • Thlaspi rotundifolium (L.) Gaudin
  • Thlaspi rotundifolium f. albiflorum (Bolzon) Bolzon
  • Thlaspi rotundifolium subf. albiflorum Bolzon
  • Thlaspi rotundifolium var. oligospermum Gaudin

Noccaea rotundifolia is a hardy perennial flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a subshrub native to the Alps, ranging from eastern France to Slovenia.[1] It is capable surviving in alpine conditions. It has been sold for cultivation in rock gardens.[2]

Description

The plant has a basal rosette out of which grows one or several short, unbranched stems that have small, rounded leaves and end in dense racemes of small pink flowers.[3]

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