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Alpine penny-cress

Noccaea caerulescens

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,443, February 1,065, March 1,669, April 2,626, May 3,787, June 4,129, July 4,418, August 3,800, September 2,790, October 2,082, November 1,138, December 889.
United States29,836
Alaska29,836
Finland923
Uusimaa407
Czechia214
Sweden133
Finland Proper130
Norway129
Pirkanmaa114
Liberecký kraj83

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales
Familymustard family · Brassicaceae
GenusNoccaea

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