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Stems

(when present) 1–2 dm.

Basal leaves

petiole 1.5–4 cm;

blade 3.5–5 cm, lobes 0–4 on each side, margins shallowly dentate, terminal lobe transversely broadly oblong, 0.6–0.7 cm × 8–11 mm, (distinctly shorter than wide), considerably larger than lateral lobes, margins slightly lobed or shallowly dentate.

Flowers

sepals widely spreading, oblong-linear, 3.9–4.5 × 1.4–1.8 mm;

petals spreading, bright yellow, narrowly obovate, 7.3–9 × 2–3 mm, claw dark yellow, 2.6–3.3 mm, apex shallowly emarginate, apical notch 0.1–0.3 mm deep;

filaments: median 4–4.5 mm, lateral 2.2–2.5 mm;

anthers 0.8–1.3 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

solitary flowers 30–70 mm;

racemes 20–40 mm.

Fruits

oblong, 1.5–2.3 cm × 4–5 mm, smooth, latiseptate, (margined);

valves thin;

ovules 4–14 per ovary;

style 1.7–3 mm.

Seeds

3–3.5 mm diam.;

wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide;

embryo straight.

2n

= 22.

Leavenworthia texana

Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Pastures, seepage areas of rock outcrops
Elevation 70-150 m (200-500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Leavenworthia texana is known only from San Augustine County. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Rollins reduced Leavenworthia texana to a variety of L. aurea. The differences in petal color, shape and margin of the terminal lobe, and chromosome number clearly support recognition as distinct species.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 487.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Leavenworthia
Sibling taxa
L. alabamica, L. aurea, L. crassa, L. exigua, L. stylosa, L. torulosa, L. uniflora
Synonyms L. aurea var. texana
Name authority Mahler: Sida 12: 239, fig. 1. (1987)
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