Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae
Tutin, T. G.
Heywood, V. H.
Burges, N. A.
Moore, D. M.
Valentine, D. H.
Walters, S. M.
Webb, D. A.
[1767,2110,2113,2166]
Magnoliopsida
Cruciferae
Thlaspi
CoL
Plantae
Brassicales
342
171
Tracheophyta
subSpecies
alpestre
alpestre
Usually biennial (flowering only once). Petals 2-3(-4) mm, white or purplish. Silicula 5-9 mm, broadly winged above, with rounded or subacute apical lobesand a distinct notch, or truncate at apex; style 0-75-1 -5 mm, equalling or exceeding notch. 2« = 14. Throughout the range of the species. Very variable; many local variants have been given specific or subspecific status, among them T. lereschii Reuter, Compt. Rend. Soc. Hallér. 17 (1854) ( T. alpestre subsp. lereschii (Reuter) Thell.), T. salisii Briigger, Zeitschr. Ferdinand. Tirol ser. 3, 9:45 (1860), T. sylvestreJordan, Obs. Pl. Crit. 3:9 (1846) ( T. alpestre subsp. sylvestre(Jordan) Hooker) and T. calaminare (Lej.) Lej. & Court., Comp. Fl. Belg. 2:307 (1831) ( T. alpestre subsp. calaminare(Lej.) O.Schwarz).