Alpine Pennycress
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 Range of T. caerulescens within the United States
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Alpine Pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens), also known as Alpine Pennygrass, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a small plant that has small basal rosettes of leaves that "grow one or several short, unbranched stems that have small, arrow-shaped leaves and end in dense racemes of tiny white flowers." [1]
Alpine Pennycress is found almost completely on the western states of America (west of Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana).
In addition to being just a wildflower, Alpine Pennycress has been cited to have special phytoextractional properties and is known to absorb cadmium with very good results and in certain instances is said to have absorbed zinc as well.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (2005). Thlaspi montanum. Native Plant Information. Retrieved on 11 Feb 2006.
- ^ Comis, D. (2006). Phytoremediation: using plants to clean up soils. Agricultural Research. Retrieved on 4 March.
