''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
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Alabama
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Tennessee
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, northern
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, southern
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, southeastern
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and southwestern
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. It grows in open, sun-lit locations at elevations less than 500 meters (1700 feet).
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''Leavenworthia uniflora'' is an herb up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. Basal leaves are up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long, pinnately
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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.Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 29.
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 2012
photo by Gerrit Davidse showing ''Leavenworthia uniflora'' in flower
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uniflora
Flora of the Eastern United States
Plants described in 1803
Taxa named by André Michaux