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Michaux's gladecress, one-flower gladecress

Stems

(when present) 1–2 dm.

Basal leaves

petiole 0.3–2.6 cm;

blade 2.3–8.5(–10) cm, lobes 3–10 on each side, margins coarsely dentate, terminal lobe suborbicular, 0.3–0.6 cm × 5–7 mm (slightly shorter than wide), slightly larger than lateral lobes, margins coarsely dentate.

Flowers

sepals widely spreading, oblong, 2.5–4.5 × 0.9–1.5 mm;

petals often erect, white, oblanceolate, 3.7–6.4 × 1–2(–2.5) mm, claw white or pale yellow, 1.3–2.5 mm, apex obtuse or truncate;

filaments: median 2.5–4.2 mm, lateral 1.6–2.6 mm;

anthers 0.5–0.8(–1) mm.

Fruiting pedicels

solitary flowers 30–120 mm;

racemes to 40 mm.

Fruits

narrowly oblong, (1.5–)2–3 cm × 3–4(–5) mm, smooth, latiseptate;

valves thin;

ovules 18–26 per ovary;

style 0.9–2(–2.5) mm.

Seeds

2.3–3.5 mm diam.;

wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide;

embryo slightly accumbent.

2n

= 30.

Leavenworthia uniflora

Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Rocky ledges, cedar glades, pastures, roadsides, old fields, thin soil on limestone beds, seeps on limestone rubble
Elevation 100-500 m (300-1600 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; GA; IN; KY; MO; OH; TN
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Discussion

Leavenworthia michauxii Torrey, which pertains here, is an illegitimate name based on Cardamine uniflora Michaux.

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

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 489.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Leavenworthia
Sibling taxa
L. alabamica, L. aurea, L. crassa, L. exigua, L. stylosa, L. texana, L. torulosa
Synonyms Cardamine uniflora
Name authority (Michaux) Britton: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 171. (1894)
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