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
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_leun_001_lvd
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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
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
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) p093
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p120
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