Leavenworthia aurea |
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golden gladecress |
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Stems | (when present) 1–3 dm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 1.8–3.9 cm; blade 3.5–6.5(–8) cm, lobes 1–3 on each side, margins shallowly dentate, terminal lobe suborbicular, 6–12 × 5–11 mm (equal to or slightly longer than wide), considerably larger than lateral lobes, margins usually shallowly dentate, sometimes slightly lobed. |
Flowers | sepals widely spreading, oblong-linear, 2.9–4.6 × 1–1.9 mm; petals spreading, pale yellow, obcordate to broadly obovate, (5–)6–9 × 1.5–4.5 mm, claw bright yellow, 1.6–2.8 mm, apex shallowly emarginate, apical notch 0.1–0.4(–0.6) mm deep; filaments: median 3–4.5 mm, lateral 1.3–2.4 mm; anthers 0.6–1.1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | solitary flowers 30–90 mm; racemes 30–60 mm. |
Fruits | oblong, 2–3.1 cm × 3–5 mm, smooth, latiseptate, (margined); valves thin; ovules 6–14 per ovary; style (1.5–)2–3 mm. |
Seeds | 2–4.2 mm diam.; wing 0.2–0.3 mm wide; embryo straight. |
2n | = 48. |
Leavenworthia aurea |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Pastures, roadsides, shallow limestone soils, seeps, creek margins |
Elevation | 100-200 m (300-700 ft) |
Distribution |
OK |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Leavenworthia aurea is known only from Choctaw and McCurtain counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 488. |
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Name authority | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 4: 88, plate 5. (1837) |
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