Noccaea caerulescens
Alpine pennycress
Noccaea caerulescens , formerly Thlaspi caerulescens, and commonly known as Alpine Penny Cress, is a nationally rare plant. It is tolerant of heavy metal pollution, such as here at Cobscar Rake, and is regarded as a metallophyte. Click here for mining page.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Noccaea caerulescens, or Alpine Penny Cress growing on calaminarian grassland at Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. This is an historic lead mining site. April.
Slide 2: Noccaea caerulescens, or Alpine Penny Cress growing on calaminarian grassland at Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. This is an historic lead mining site. April.
Slide 3: Noccaea caerulescens, or Alpine Penny Cress growing on Calamine House waste at Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.
Slide 4: Noccaea caerulescens, or Alpine Penny Cress growing on Calamine House waste at Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.