Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Noccaea fendleri subsp. glauca is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada, northern Sierra Nevada high country, and Modoc Plateau in open alpine and subalpine habitats at elevations of 100 to 4,400 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces white to pink-purple flowers 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 5 to 32 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in rocky alpine environments. Its basal leaves are ovate to oblong, 4 to 9 millimeters wide, with a tapered base and short petioles. The fruit is a small wingless silicle 5 to 8 millimeters long, typically found in high-elevation rocky habitats.

Habitat: Open alluvial flats or fans, scree, near snow banks, limestone cliffs, forest openings, (sub)alpine meadows, rocky or talus slopes, streambanks

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 100-4400 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, n SNH, MP

California counties: Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sierra, Modoc, Plumas

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