Leavenworthia uniflora

Classification	Dicots
Family	Brassicaceae
Family (Traditional)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Leavenworthia
Species:	Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britton
Common Name	Michauxs 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: 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 Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; 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	9
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[S4] KY[S4] (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: Caldwell (KY), Christian (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Logan (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Simpson (KY), Todd (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Davidson (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sumner (TN), Wilson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1880 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100341856	Knox	Tennessee	09 Apr 1977	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341849	Knox	Tennessee	12 Apr 1980	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341815	Logan	Kentucky	08 May 1979	Raymond Athey 4314	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341922	Hamilton	Tennessee	21 Mar 1987	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341831	Pulaski	Kentucky	05 May 1987	M. Medley, Julian Campbell 15880	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341807	Oldham	Kentucky	20 Apr 2000	ED Hartowicz s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341880	Meigs	Tennessee	21 Mar 1987	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341872	Knox	Tennessee	23 Mar 1985	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100726668	Garrard	Kentucky	02 May 2011	W.W. Overbeck 1172	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341823	Todd	Kentucky	08 May 1979	Raymond Athey 4313	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341906	Simpson	Kentucky	10 Apr 1980	George P. Johnson 1207	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341914	Meigs	Tennessee	20 Apr 1985	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31234100341864	Meigs	Tennessee	13 Apr 1990	Hal R. DeSelm s.n.	EKY Leavenworthia uniflora
31973000007522	Davidson	Tennessee	01 Apr 1972	Gonsoulin, Gene 1566	KNK Leavenworthia uniflora
31973000007523	Davidson	Tennessee	13 Jun 1972	Gonsoulin, Gene 3102	KNK Leavenworthia uniflora
31973000007520	Wayne	Kentucky	15 May 1994	Thieret, John 57385	KNK Leavenworthia uniflora
31973000007519	Meigs	Tennessee	18 Apr 2000	Thieret, John 61910	KNK Leavenworthia uniflora
31973000007521	Simpson	Kentucky	24 Apr 1982	Thieret, John 52807	KNK Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0210115	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107269	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107284	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107396	Logan	Kentucky			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107293	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107289	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107316	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107308	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107310	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107283	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107306	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107278	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107276	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107304	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107295	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107301	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107294	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107303	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107270	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107285	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107279	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0210356	Rutherford	Tennessee	April	A. Gattinger 138	TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107317	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107280	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107305	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107302	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107318	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107267	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107292	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107297	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107298	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107296	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107286	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107311	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107281	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107307	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107312	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107314	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107272	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0210116	Davidson	Tennessee	24 Apr 1880	A. Gattinger	TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107299	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107282	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107288	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107274	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107265	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107268	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060329	Simpson	Kentucky	09 May 1978	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0101278	Logan	Kentucky	13 Apr 2019	Thomas H. Murphy	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060316	Wilson	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0057664	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107277	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107271	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0020866	Rutherford	Tennessee	24 Mar 2009	Roger McCoy and Todd Crabtree	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0070207	Wilson	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0048337	Sumner	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0040912	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0040897	Caldwell	Kentucky	21 Apr 2015	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0088987	Logan	Kentucky	04 Apr 1985		APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0020868	Meigs	Tennessee	27 Apr 2003	Dwayne Estes 04482	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0020871	Wilson	Tennessee	07 Apr 1956	Charles N. Boehms	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060325	Todd	Kentucky	10 May 1987	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015470	Rutherford	Tennessee	14 Mar 1994	John Lamb 5	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015483	Davidson	Tennessee	26 Mar 1956	Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015485	Rutherford	Tennessee	09 Apr 1984	Nancy Love 22	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107291	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0056459	Simpson	Kentucky	01 Mar 2009	Dwayne Estes	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060314	Pulaski	Kentucky	20 May 1983	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0073147	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0091586	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0020867	Maury	Tennessee	12 Apr 2001	Dwayne Estes 01752	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060328	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015462	Rutherford	Tennessee	24 Mar 1999	Sherry Prayter 56	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015471	Rutherford	Tennessee	12 Apr 1992	Todd Roberts 14	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015489	Rutherford	Tennessee	21 Apr 1940	Gentry Moffitt	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015466	Rutherford	Tennessee	01 Apr 2003	Lindsay Battle 30	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0040899	Christian	Kentucky	21 Apr 2015	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015492	Rutherford	Tennessee	06 Mar 1935	J. Peyton	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015464		Tennessee	03 Apr 2002	Loreli Garnica 6	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015494	Bedford	Tennessee	21 Apr 1990	Holly Thompson	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107315	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107395	Todd	Kentucky			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107313	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0057670	Simpson	Kentucky	09 Apr 1990	Kenneth Nicely	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0048308	Hardin	Kentucky	16 Apr 1999	Jerry and Carol Baskin	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060324	Pulaski	Kentucky	16 May 1980	Max Medley	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015486	Rutherford	Tennessee	15 Apr 1956	Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015479	Rutherford	Tennessee	31 Mar 1984	Kim J. Laman 20	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015484	Rutherford	Tennessee	10 Apr 1958	Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015465	Rutherford	Tennessee	14 Mar 2002	Dwayne Estes 03041	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107287	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107275	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107309	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107300	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107290	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0022934	Hardin	Kentucky	12 May 1979	Jerry and Carol Baskin	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0060330	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0057669	Logan	Kentucky	14 Apr 1972	Kenneth Nicely	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0091585	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
HTTU005888		Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015488	Wilson	Tennessee	20 Apr 1980	John Douglas 12	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015487	Davidson	Tennessee	15 Apr 1956		MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015467	Rutherford	Tennessee	04 Apr 1988	Melissa Mynatt 12	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015472	Bedford	Tennessee	01 Apr 1990	Holly Thompson	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015482	Wilson	Tennessee	27 Mar 1956	Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015460	Wilson	Tennessee	17 Apr 1980	Bobby White 12	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015474	Rutherford	Tennessee	27 Mar 2011	Dash Hibbard 25	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
ETSU014483	Davidson	Tennessee			ETSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MEM018365	Hardin	Kentucky	06 May 1979	Raymond Athey 4310	MEM Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107273	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
TENN-V-0107266	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0054004	Simpson	Kentucky	16 Apr 2016	Mason Brock	APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0076650	Maury	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0115359	Bedford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015493	Rutherford	Tennessee		Jessica Long 9	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015475	Davidson	Tennessee	05 Apr 1990	Chris Fusco 39	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015478	Rutherford	Tennessee	02 Apr 1985	Andrew Mitchell 17	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015477		Tennessee		Nathan D. Holburn 30	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015490		Tennessee	19 Apr 1936	George Davis	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0080382	Rutherford	Tennessee			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
APSC0057663	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Leavenworthia uniflora
HTTU024558	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015476	Davidson	Tennessee	06 Apr 1989	G. Todd Crabtree 28	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015461	Bedford	Tennessee	02 Apr 1996	Kim Reed 14	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015481	Rutherford	Tennessee		Elis Rucker	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015468	Davidson	Tennessee	19 Mar 1990	Chris Fusco 40	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015469	Rutherford	Tennessee	03 Apr 1994	Carol Ernst	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015473	Wilson	Tennessee	07 Mar 1990	Diane K. Mossburg 3	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015463	Rutherford	Tennessee	17 Mar 1995	Paul Sizemore 55	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015480	Rutherford	Tennessee	02 Apr 2002	Dwayne Estes 03073	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora
MTSU015491	Rutherford	Tennessee	03 May 1941	Fount R. Love	MTSU Leavenworthia uniflora

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