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Brassicaceae
Noccaea perfoliata
Noccaea perfoliata
Also known as Microthlaspi erraticum, Pterotropis impropera, Thlaspi revellieri, Thlaspi perfoliatum var. simplicissimum
Native Plants · Pennycress · Brassicaceae · Wildflower · Native · Rocky Soil · Phytoremediation · Specialist · Alpine · Annual · Noccaea
Noccaea perfoliata, commonly known as perfoliate pennycress, is a small annual to short-lived perennial herb suited to rocky, well-drained soils in partial shade to full sun. It is rarely cultivated ornamentally and is primarily of interest to botanists, native plant enthusiasts, and researchers studying heavy-metal phytoremediation. Little specialist care is required beyond providing appropriate soil drainage and avoiding waterlogged conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil slightly moist; tolerates drier conditions once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 18 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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