Cochlearia tatrae

Cochlearia tatrae, the Tatra scurvy-grass, is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae. The plant is endemic to and named after the Tatra Mountains, which in northern Slovakia and southern Poland.^[2][3][1]

Cochlearia tatrae
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Cochlearia
Species:	C. tatrae
Binomial name
Cochlearia tatrae Borbás

The plant blooms from April to September.^[1]

Distribution

The species is a subnival (upper alpine dwarf scrub) and alpine plant. It is found in moist rock scree and crevices, and around springs and streams.^[1]

In Poland the plant is restricted to a dozen sites in the Morskie Oko Lake area of the High Tatra Mountains, at 1,595–2,390 metres (5,233–7,841 ft) in elevation. The population is estimated at 600 individuals.^[1] In Slovakia the populations are found in thirty sites, at elevations up to 2,605 metres (8,547 ft).^[1] It is found on Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Mountain (Slovak: Veľký Mengusovský štít),^[4] which is on the Slovak-Polish border.

Cochlearia tatrae is an IUCN Red List vulnerable species.^[1]