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Leavenworthia torulosa

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Lectotype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Syntype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isosyntype of Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isolectotype of Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isolectotype of Leavenworthia torulosa [family BRASSICACEAE]
Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Isotype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Type? of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Type? of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Isolectotype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Syntype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Leavenworthia aurea Torr. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Filed as Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isolectotype of Leavenworthia torulosa A.Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
Syntype of Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. Gray, 1880 Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by A. Gray, 1880 Leavenworthia michauxii Torrey [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Leavenworthia aurea
  • Leavenworthia michauxii
  • Cardamine uniflora
  • Leavenworthia uniflora
  • Leavenworthia torulosa

Flora

Entry for Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 7,
Names
Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray [family CRUCIFERAE], Bot. Gaz., 5: 26. 1880
Treatment Author(s)
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
James B. Beck
Information
Stems (when present) 1–2.5 dm. Basal leaves: petiole (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; blade (2–)2.7–7.5(–9) cm, lobes (0 or) 1–6 on each side, margins usually entire or shallowly dentate, rarely lobed, terminal lobe orbicular to broadly ovate, 0.5–1.1 cm × 5–12 mm, considerably larger than lateral lobes, margins entire or shallowly dentate. Fruiting pedicels: solitary flowers 30–80(–100) mm; racemes to 60 mm. Flowers: sepals suberect to spreading, narrowly oblong, 3–5.2 × 0.8–1.7 mm; petals spreading, white to lavender or, rarely, yellow, broadly spatulate, (5–)7–10 × (1.5–)2.5–4.5(–6) mm, claw yellow, (1.2–)2–3 mm, apex emarginate, apical notch 0.3–1.1 mm deep; filaments: median 3.5–4.7 mm, lateral 1.2–2.5 mm; anthers 0.7–1.4 mm. Fruits linear, (1.5–)2–3 cm × 2–4 mm, markedly torulose to submoniliform, latiseptate; valves somewhat thick; ovules 8–16(–18) per ovary; style 2.5–5 mm. Seeds 1.9–2.8 mm diam.; wing obsolete or to 0.1 mm wide; embryo slightly bent. 2n = 30.
Phenology
mar-apr (spring)
Altitude range
150–300 m;
Distribution
USA Ala.USA Ky.USA Tenn.
Discussion
Leavenworthia torulosa is known in Alabama only from Madison County and in Kentucky only from Warren County.

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