Thlaspi alpestre, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 319

5. T. alpestre L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 903 (1763).

Biennial or perennial 10-50 cm, glabrous, often glaucous. Leaves entire or denticulate; the basal elliptical to obovate-spathulate; the cauline oblong-cordate. Sepals c. 1 - 5 mm; petals white or purplish, l |- 3 times as long as the sepals and equalling or somewhat exceeding the stamens; anthers usually reddish to dark violet, at least after dehiscence, but sometimes remaining yellowish. Raceme much elongating in fruit. Silicula 5—7(—10) mm, narrowly to broadly obcordate with wing broadening upwards, with or without a notch; style included or exserted. Seeds usually 3-6 in each loculus. Often on metal-mine heaps. Upland regions of S., W. & C. Europe, eastwards to Poland and Jugoslavia; naturalized in parts of N. Europe. Au Be Br Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po [Da Fe Is No Su].