Dicentra canadensis |
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dicentre du Canada, squirrel-corn |
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Habit | Plants perennial, scapose, from short rootstocks bearing yellow, globose bulblets. |
Leaves | (10-)14-24(-30) × (4-)6-14(-18) cm; petiole (5-)8-16(-22) cm; blade with 4 orders of leaflets and lobes; abaxial surface glaucous; ultimate lobes linear to linear-elliptic or linear-obovate, (2-)5-15(-23) × (0.4-)2-4 mm, usually minutely apiculate. |
Inflorescences | racemose, 3-12-flowered, usually exceeding leaves, (10-)15-27(-33) cm; bracts ovate, 2-5 × 1-3 mm. |
Flowers | pendent, very fragrant; pedicels (2-)3-7(-14) mm; sepals triangular to ovate, 2-4 × 1-2 mm, apex acuminate; petals white; outer petals (10-)12-16(-20) × (2-)4-5(-8) mm, reflexed portion 3-5 mm; inner petals (10-)12-15(-18) mm, blade 2-4 mm, claw linear-elliptic, 5-9 mm, crest prominent, ca. 2 mm diam., exceeding apex by ca. 2 mm; filaments of each bundle distinct nearly to base; nectariferous tissue forming 0.5-1 mm spur oriented vertically; style 4-7 mm; stigma shallowly 2-horned with 2 lateral papillae. |
Capsules | ovoid, attenuate at both ends, (5-)9-13(-17) × 3-6 mm. |
Seeds | slightly reniform, very obscurely reticulate, elaiosome present. |
Dicentra canadensis |
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Phenology | Flowering early–late spring. |
Habitat | Deciduous woods, often among rock outcrops, in rich loam soils |
Elevation | 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DC; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC
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Discussion | See discussion under the following species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
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Synonyms | Corydalis canadensis, Bicuculla canadensis |
Name authority | (Goldie) Walpers: Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 118. (1842) |
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