Leavenworthia uniflora
| one-flowered gladecress | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Leavenworthia |
| Species: | L. uniflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britton | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Leavenworthia uniflora, called Michaux's gladecress or one-flowered gladecress, is a plant species native to the southeastern and Midwestern parts of the United States. It is reported from northwestern Georgia, northern Alabama, Tennessee, northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio. It grows in open, sun-lit locations at elevations less than 500 m.[2][3]
Leavenworthia uniflora is an herb up to 20 cm tall. Basal leaves are up to 13 cm long, pinnately lobed with 3-10 pairs of lobes. Flowers are solitary, white, up to 6 mm across. Fruits are narrowly oblong, up to 3 cm long.[2][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flora of North America v 7 p 489
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) foristic synthesis, Leavenworthia uniflora
- ↑ photo of specimen of Leavenworthia uniflora at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1894. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 5(12): 171.
- ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 29.
