Noccaea lutescens Velen.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus:  Noccaea// Species: Noccaea lutescens Velen.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1995) and Clapham (1964 in Tutin et al.) as Thlaspi ochroleucum Boiss. & Heldr. In both sources, Thlaspi lutescens Velen. is included in T. ochroleucum. According to the new concept and synopsis of Noccea (Schenbaz, 2014), these two taxa are separated, with N. ochroleuca distributed in Turkey, while N. lutescens is native to the Balkan Peninsula. N. lutescens is separated from N. ochroleuca based on the higher number of seeds/ ovules per loculus (4 to 8 vs 2 to 4) and the glaucescent appearance (vs non-glaucus in N. ochroleuca). Based on these traits, the plants from Osogovo correspond to N. lutescens.

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Marhold, 2011+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Sparse woods of the Querco-carpinetum orientalis ass., in the Zletovska River region.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Locality: Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin). Date: 03.05.2026.

Noccaea lutescens– habit. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stems with cauline leaves. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stems with cauline leaves. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stem with cauline leaves. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stems and cauline leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– adaxial side of cauline leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– abaxial side of cauline leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– lower caulin eleaves and vegetatice shoots. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– basal leaves of flowering stem. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– basal leaves of flowering stem. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– adaxial side of basal leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– abaxial side of basal leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– vegetative shoots. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– vegetative shoots. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– vegetative shoot. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– petals of herbarized specimen. The petals turn pale yellow upon drying. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Scaled images. Specimens from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026.

Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– fruiting inflorescence. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– flowers. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– petals. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– immature siliculas. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stem with cauline leaves. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– basal leaf. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– basal leaves. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin). Date: 25.05.2026.

Noccaea lutescens– habit. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– habit. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– inflorescence. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– siliculas. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stems with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stem with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stem and cauline leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens– stem and cauline leaf. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – basal leaves of flowering stem and developing vegetative shoot. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – vegetative shoots. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – leaves of vegetative shoots. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – the silicles have 4 or more ovules per loculus. Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Scaled images. Specimens from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 03.05.2026.

Noccaea lutescens – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Stari Grad – rock cliffs above the Eshterec Stream (Zletovska River basin), 25.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – stem with cauline leaves, basal leaves and vegetative shoots. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – stem with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Noccaea lutescens – mature siliculas. Scale in cm/ mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Al-Shehbaz, I. A. (2014). A synopsis of the genus Noccaea (Coluteocarpeae, Brassicaceae). – Harvard Papers in Botany 19 (1): 25–51. https://www.huh.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/herbaria/files/19_1_25_al-shehbaz.pdf [Accessed 16.07.2026].

Clapham, A. R. 1964. Thlaspi L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 318–322.

Micevski, V. 1995. Thlaspi L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 709–717.

Noccaea lutescens. Marhold, K. 2011+: Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/348b417d-8d71-45b6-b70d-5459150cf004 [Accessed 17.07.2026].

Noccaea lutescens (Velen.) F.K.Mey. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287762-1 [Accessed 17.07.2026].

Noccaea ochroleuca. Marhold, K. 2011+: Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7ff1d73a-4753-400d-936d-142a58a2b6fd [Accessed 16.07.2026].

Noccaea ochroleuca (Boiss. & Heldr.) F.K.Mey. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287771-1 [Accessed 17.07.2026].