Noccaea cypria, the Cyprus penny-cress, is a perennial herb, flowering from February to May.The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, This herb is a nickel hyperaccumulator with a recorded accumulation rate of 52,120 mg/kg of dry weight. Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, Nickelophilous plants and their significance in phytotechnologies. Braz. J. Plant Physiol. Vol.17 no.1 Londrina Jan./Mar. 2005
Habitat Moist rocky slopes and near streams on igneous rocks at 900–1900 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