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Streptanthus polygaloides A.Gray

milkwort jewelflower

Brassicaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Ni Nickel Obligate

14,800 µg g⁻¹ DW

14.8× the nickel threshold

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Substrate

Ultramafic (serpentine)

Habitat

Californian serpentine

Distribution

USA (California)

First reported

1981 · Reeves et al.

Verification

review-cited

Description & ecology

North America's best-known nickel hyperaccumulator and an early subject of nickel phytomining feasibility studies.

References

1. Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907 APA BibTeX RIS

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