Thlaspi cyprium

Noccaea cypria (Bornm.)

Thlaspi cyprium, the Cyprus penny-cress, is a perennial herb, flowering from February to May.

[1] This herb is a nickel hyperaccumulator with a recorded accumulation rate of 52,120 mg/kg of dry weight.

[2] Moist rocky slopes and near streams on igneous rocks at 900–1900 m altitudes.

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.