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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Leavenworthia uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Leavenworthia uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Leavenworthia uniflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Michaux's Glade-cress


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image of Leavenworthia uniflora, Michaux's Glade-cress

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_leun_001_lvd

        

image of Leavenworthia uniflora, Michaux's Glade-cress

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_l_uniflora_1

March        

Resembles L. exigua var. exigua, but petals pure white, rounded not notched, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leavenworthia uniflora   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leavenworthia uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Leavenworthia uniflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leavenworthia uniflora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3723

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby (fields), per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
White
4 sepals
4 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Silique

 

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