XMountain Candytuft (Noccaea montana)X
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Mountain Candytuft -or- Wild Candytuft -or- Alpine Pennycress (Noccaea montana), family Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Per Weber, the only species in the genus Noccaea in Colorado.
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Plant location: Two sightings. Flower and foliage views, photographed in the Cache La Poudre Canyon, Colorado, on April 9, 2009. The plant shot was photographed from a sighting at Hwy72 and Plainview Road on April 15, 2010.Plant -
Bloom season: March through May. Foothills to Alpine dwellers. Clasping leaves often diagnostic in the mustard family.Foliage -
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