Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leavenworthia exigua
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Leavenworthia exigua
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Gladecress, Least Glade-cress
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_exigua_exigua
April
Flowers solitary at the top of a leafless stalk, opening only on sunny days, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_exigua_exigua2
August
Petals shallowly notched at the tip, white with a yellow base, very fragrant, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leavenworthia exigua
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Leavenworthia exigua
3722
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: limestone glades, disturbed calcareous sites nearby, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple: Divided, appearing compound
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
with a yellow center
4 sepals
4 petals
Bisexual
Flowers solitary on leafless stalks
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p189
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p091
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p118
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