Noccaea fendleri

Pennycress

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Pennycress is a California native perennial found in rocky, open areas at moderate elevations. Flowering from spring to early summer, this plant produces small white flowers with delicate spoon-shaped petals. Growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall with simple or branched stems, it develops a distinctive branched or simple underground caudex. Its leaves are relatively small, ranging from 0.4 to 3 centimeters long, with ovate to oblong cauline blades. The plant appears slightly glaucous, with seeds that are small, ovate, and typically 2 to 10 in number.

California counties: Siskiyou

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.