Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britton
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Brassicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Principal lvs 2–10 cm × 5–10 mm, deeply pinnatifid with to 9 pairs of acutely toothed lobes, gradually increasing in size from the petiole towards the tip, the terminal lobe only slightly larger than the adjacent lateral pair; sep at first greenish, later purplish; pet white, narrowly lingulate, truncate, usually erect, 5–7 mm, frs thick and somewhat fleshy, 1.5–3 cm × 3–5 mm, nearly as thick as wide, the persistent style 1.5–3 mm; seeds broadly winged, suborbicular, 3–4 mm, the areolae smaller over the embryo than on the wing; radicle strongly bent; 2n=30. Fl before the other spp., and becoming somewhat weedy. Sw. O. to nw. Ga. and nw. Ark.