Leavenworthia uniflora, called Michaux's gladecress or one-flowered gladecress, is a plant species native to the southeastern and Midwestern parts of the United States. It is reported from northwestern Georgia, northern Alabama, Tennessee, northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio. It grows in open, sun-lit locations at elevations less than 500 meters (1700 feet).[2][3]

Leavenworthia uniflora
Dried siliques of Leavenworthia uniflora from Ketona Glades (Dolomite substrate) Alabama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Leavenworthia
Species:	L. uniflora
Binomial name
Leavenworthia uniflora (Michx.) Britton 1894
Synonyms[1][2]
Cardamine uniflora Michx. 1803 Leavenworthia michauxii Torrey, superfluous name

Leavenworthia uniflora is an herb up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. Basal leaves are up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long, pinnately lobed with 3-10 pairs of lobes. Flowers are solitary, white, up to 6 mm across. Fruits are narrowly oblong, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long.[2][4][5]

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External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 2012
• photo by Gerrit Davidse showing Leavenworthia uniflora in flower