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cedar gladecress

Stems

(when present) 1–2.5 dm.

Basal leaves

petiole 1–2.5 cm;

blade (2–)3–7.5(–10) cm, lobes 1–5 on each side, margins entire or shallowly dentate, terminal lobe orbicular to broadly ovate, 0.5–1.2(–1.8) cm × 5–11(–17) mm, considerably larger than lateral lobes, margins entire or shallowly dentate.

Flowers

sepals widely spreading, oblong-linear, (3.3–)3.7–5.8 × 1–1.6 mm;

petals spreading, usually yellow, sometimes white or lavender, broadly spatulate to obovate, 9–13(–15) × 3.5–6(–9) mm, claw yellow to orange, 2–3.5 mm, apex deeply emarginate, apical notch 0.5–1.3 mm deep;

filaments: median 4–6.3 mm, lateral 1.7–2.6 mm;

anthers 0.9–1.5 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

solitary flowers 30–100 mm;

racemes 15–70 mm.

Fruits

oblong to linear, (1–)1.5–3.4 cm × (2.5–)3–4(–4.5) mm, smooth, subterete;

valves thick;

ovules (6–)8–12 per ovary;

style (3–)3.5–7 mm.

Seeds

2.5–3.4 mm diam.;

wing 0.2–0.3 mm wide;

embryo nearly straight to slightly accumbent.

2n

= 30.

Leavenworthia stylosa

Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Pastures, roadsides, thin soil on limestone beds, limestone glades, streamsides, seeps, old fields
Elevation 150-300 m (500-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TN
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Discussion

Leavenworthia stylosa is known only from Bedford, Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, and Wilson counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 488.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Leavenworthia
Sibling taxa
L. alabamica, L. aurea, L. crassa, L. exigua, L. texana, L. torulosa, L. uniflora
Name authority A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 5: 26. (1880)
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