Noccaea rotundifolia

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]

Noccaea rotundifolia
Scientific 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

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]