Ionopsidium acaule

Ionopsidium acaule (Portuguese: cocleária-menor) is a species of flowering plant in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, endemic to coastal Portugal, specifically from Nazaré to Sagres. It inhabits wet sandy substrates, in clearings of junipers, pine forests and other xerophytic scrub. Sometimes semi-ruderal on roadsides. More rarely, on calcareous or basaltic-derived soils.^[1]

Ionopsidium acaule
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Ionopsidium
Species:	I. acaule
Binomial name
Ionopsidium acaule (Desf.) DC. ex Rchb.
Synonyms[3]
Cochlearia acaulis Desf. Cochlearia pusilla Brot. Cochlearia olisiponensis Brot.