Leavenworthia torulosa

Classification	Dicots
Family	Brassicaceae
Family (Traditional)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Leavenworthia
Species:	Leavenworthia torulosa A. Gray
Common Name	Necklace Gladecress
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	8
Status	Native; EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[S4] KY[S2] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Logan (KY), Simpson (KY), Todd (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Davidson (TN), Giles (TN), Lincoln (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Rutherford (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0107237	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107262	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107218	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107219	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107216	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107247	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107220	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107199	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107203	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107235	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107221	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107207	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107264	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107225	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107192	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107254	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107246	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107201	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107193	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107232	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210104		Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210114	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107258	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107229	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107228	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107214	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107215	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107259	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107257	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107198	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210112	Davidson	Tennessee	05 May 1896	A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107250	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107230	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107206	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107263	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107255	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107251	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107234	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107240	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107202	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107242	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210111	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107208	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107223	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210110	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107197	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107231	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107256	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107217	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107252	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107243	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107195	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107248	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107253	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107260	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107245	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107236	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107196	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107222	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107379	Todd	Kentucky			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107194	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107210	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107233	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107239	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107205	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107212	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210109	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107200	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0210113	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107226	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107238	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107213	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107227	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107249	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107241	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107261	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107224	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107204	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107244	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107211	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
TENN-V-0107209	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT023291	Rutherford	Tennessee	20 Apr 1940	A.J. Sharp 492	UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013595	Bedford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013599	Bedford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013597	Bedford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013596	Marshall	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013600	Rutherford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT013598	Bedford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0051165	Simpson	Kentucky	01 Mar 2009	Dwayne Estes	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020802	Simpson	Kentucky	2010-April	Dwayne Etses with Shawna, Madison, and Anna Estes 11326	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020801	Davidson	Tennessee	27 Mar 1986	Jackie Carpenter	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057437	Williamson	Tennessee	01 Apr 2005	Dwayne Estes	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0121821	Marshall	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020865	Maury	Tennessee	2007-April	Dwayne Estes 09740	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0055067	Bedford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020800	Giles	Tennessee	05 Apr 2001	Dwayne Estes 01719	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0060327	Warren	Kentucky	05 May 1978	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0040910	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057674	Logan	Kentucky	24 Apr 1984		APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057662	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0073146	Warren	Kentucky	06 May 1984	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0072747	Warren	Kentucky	24 Apr 1982		APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0121820	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0073155	Maury	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0073150	Williamson	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0040900	Todd	Kentucky	21 Apr 2015	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020863	Giles	Tennessee	21 Mar 2000	Dwayne Estes 00361	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0065497	Bedford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0040870	Marshall	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0060313	Warren	Kentucky	23 May 1984	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0048338	Logan	Kentucky	19 Mar 1973	Jerry and Carol Baskin	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057661	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0054005	Simpson	Kentucky	16 Apr 2016	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0069854	Simpson	Kentucky	24 Apr 1982	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0060326	Todd	Kentucky	10 May 1987	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0084467	Maury	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0053135	Todd	Kentucky	28 Mar 2016	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0056448	Williamson	Tennessee	01 Apr 2005	Dwayne Estes	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0025332	Bradley	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0020864	Giles	Tennessee	29 Apr 2004	Dwayne Estes 05894	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0115360	Bedford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057665	Todd	Kentucky	28 Apr 1994	Landon McKinney	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0057671	Simpson	Kentucky	09 Apr 1990	Kenneth Nicely	APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0076647	Maury	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
APSC0045305	Davidson	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia torulosa
HTTU013555		Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia torulosa
HTTU005890	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia torulosa
HTTU013557		Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia torulosa
HTTU013556		Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia torulosa
HTTU033318	Maury	Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015504	Davidson	Tennessee	06 Apr 1989	G. Todd Crabtree 29	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015497	Davidson	Tennessee	08 Apr 1956	Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015495	Giles	Tennessee	23 Mar 2001	Dwayne Estes 01657	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015500	Rutherford	Tennessee	19 Apr 2006	Sheri Mersch 91	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015501	Rutherford	Tennessee	11 Apr 1985	Tina Carter 31	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015498	Davidson	Tennessee		Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU024309	Wilson	Tennessee	25 Apr 2009	Caleb Hale 32	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015502		Tennessee		Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015503	Giles	Tennessee	17 Mar 2002	Dwayne Estes 03042	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015496	Rutherford	Tennessee	02 Apr 2002	Dwayne Estes 03072	MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
MTSU015499	Rutherford	Tennessee	15 Apr 1956		MTSU Leavenworthia torulosa
UCHT037088	Bedford	Tennessee			UCHT Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100341765	Wilson	Tennessee	28 Apr 1975	Ronald L. Jones 322	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100341781	Warren	Kentucky		George P. Johnson	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100341773	Bledsoe	Tennessee	28 Mar 1981	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100732831	Logan	Kentucky		Marc Evans	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100732872	Simpson	Kentucky		M. Evans	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100732880	Simpson	Kentucky		Max E. Medley	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31234100341799	Meigs	Tennessee	13 Apr 1990	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia torulosa
31973000007514	Davidson	Tennessee	30 Apr 1965	52052	KNK Leavenworthia torulosa
31973000007517	Logan	Kentucky		Cranfill, Raymond	KNK Leavenworthia torulosa
31973000007516	Warren	Kentucky		Thieret, John	KNK Leavenworthia torulosa
31973000007515	Todd	Kentucky		McKinney, Landon	KNK Leavenworthia torulosa

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