Noccaea cypria, the Cyprus penny-cress, is a perennial herb, flowering from February to May. This herb is a nickel hyperaccumulator with a recorded accumulation rate of 52,120 mg/kg of dry weight.
Habitat
Moist rocky slopes and near streams on igneous rocks at 900âÂÂ1900 metres elevation.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus, very common in the Troödos forest, but occurs in other areas as well: Khionistra, Prodromos, Kryos Potamos, Almyrolivadho, Pashia Livadhi, Papoutsa, Saranti, Lagoudhera, Platania, Kionia.
References
- Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985,
- The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998,
External links
- http://botany.cz/en/thlaspi-cyprium/
- http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Thlaspicyprium600450endem.jpg
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100359067