Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz (syn. Thlaspi perfoliatum L. )

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus:  Noccaea// Species: Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995) as Thlaspi perfoliatum L., nomencl. ref.: Sp. pl. 646(1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz, nomencl. ref.: in Harvard Pap. Bot. 19: 44. 2014.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West Europe to China- Xinjiang, North Africa to Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Found in open habitats- grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains, bushland.

Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR.

Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – flowers. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem and cauline leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem and cauline leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem and cauline leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem and cauline leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stems with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stems with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – lower cauline leaf and basal leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with silicles. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem with cauline leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – inflorescence with flowers and silicles. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea perfoliata – stem with cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, V. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Noccaea perfoliata (L.) Al-Shehbaz. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77148288-1 [Accessed 08.02.2022].

Noccaea perfoliata. Marhold, K. (2011): Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7201859&PTRefFk=7200000[Accessed 08.02.2022].

Last update: 26.11.2022.

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