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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Leavenworthia crassa
|accepted_authority=Rollins
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|place=192: 62. 1963
|year=1963
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leavenworthia crassa var. elongata
|authority=Rollins
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae;Leavenworthia;Leavenworthia crassa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leavenworthia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leavenworthia crassa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 486
|treatment_page=page 487
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>(when present) 1–4 dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: petiole (0.9–)1.5–3 cm; blade 2.8–6.5(–8) cm, lobes 1–8 on each side, margins entire or shallowly dentate, terminal lobe orbicular to broadly ovate, 0.5–1.2(–2) cm × 5–11(–18) mm, considerably larger than lateral lobes, margins entire or shallowly dentate. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels: solitary flowers 40–80 mm; racemes 35–70 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals widely spreading, oblong-linear, 4–5.7 × 1–2.1 mm; petals spreading, usually yellow, sometimes white, broadly spatulate to obovate, 9.5–14 × (2.5–)3–6.7(–8) mm, claw yellow to orange, 2.5–4 mm, apex deeply emarginate, apical notch 0.5–1 mm deep; filaments: median 4–6 mm, lateral 1.6–3 mm; anthers 0.9–1.3 mm. <b>Fruits</b> subglobose to oblong, (0.6–)0.8–1.2(–1.4) cm × (3.5–)4–5(–6) mm, smooth, subterete; valves thick; ovules 4–6(–8) per ovary; style 2.2–5(–6) mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1.7–3.4 mm diam.; wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide; embryo straight or nearly so. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Limestone cedar glades, pastures, fields, roadsides, near limestone sinks
|elevation=150-300 m
|distribution=Ala.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Leavenworthia crassa</i> is known only from Lawrence and Morgan counties.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=lloyd1967a
|text=Lloyd, D. G. 1967. The genetics of self-incompatibility in Leavenworthia crassa Rollins (Cruciferae). Genetica 38: 227–242.
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|id=lyons1991a
|text=Lyons, E. E. and J. Antonovics. 1991. Breeding system evolution in Leavenworthia: Breeding system variation and reproductive success in natural populations of Leavenworthia crassa (Cruciferae). Amer. J. Bot. 78: 270–287.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Leavenworthia crassa
|authority=Rollins
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leavenworthia crassa var. elongata
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Limestone cedar glades, pastures, fields, roadsides, near limestone sinks
|elevation=150-300 m
|distribution=Ala.
|reference=lloyd1967a;lyons1991a
|publication title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication year=1963
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_753.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae
|genus=Leavenworthia
|species=Leavenworthia crassa
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