Leavenworthia uniflora

one-flowered gladecress
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 1894
Synonyms[1][2]

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 meters (1700 feet).[2][3]

Leavenworthia uniflora is an herb up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. Basal leaves are up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) 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 (1.2 inches) long.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. 1 2 3 Flora of North America Leavenworthia uniflora
  3. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) 2014 county distribution map, Leavenworthia uniflora
  4. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1894. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 5(12): 171.
  5. ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 29.
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