PLANTS Profile for Leavenworthia exigua (Tennessee gladecress)

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PLANTS Profile

Leavenworthia exigua Rollins
Tennessee gladecress

Symbol:

LEEX

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Leavenworthia exigua Rollins

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Distribution:
Leavenworthia exigua Rollins


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, GA, KY, TN)

Related Taxa:
Leavenworthia exigua Rollins

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 7 species in Leavenworthia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Leavenworthia exigua Rollins var. exigua. .

Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
Tennessee gladecress

Distribution of Leavenworthia exigua Rollins var. laciniata Rollins. .

Leavenworthia exigua var. laciniata
Tennessee gladecress

Distribution of Leavenworthia exigua Rollins var. lutea Rollins. .

Leavenworthia exigua var. lutea
Tennessee gladecress

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Leavenworthia exigua Rollins

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Leavenworthia Torr. – gladecress
Species	Leavenworthia exigua Rollins – Tennessee gladecress

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Leavenworthia exigua Rollins

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Georgia:
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
gladecress		Threatened
Kentucky:
Leavenworthia exigua var. laciniata
glade cress		Threatened
Tennessee:
Leavenworthia exigua var. exigua
glade-cress		Special Concern
Leavenworthia exigua var. lutea
pasture glade-cress		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Leavenworthia exigua Rollins

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503349.

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:38 PM CDT