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dicentre du Canada, squirrel-corn

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

Phenology Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat Deciduous woods, often among rock outcrops, in rich loam soils
Elevation 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft)
Distribution
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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.
Parent taxa Fumariaceae > Dicentra
Sibling taxa
D. chrysantha, D. cucullaria, D. eximia, D. formosa, D. nevadensis, D. ochroleuca, D. pauciflora, D. uniflora
Synonyms Corydalis canadensis, Bicuculla canadensis
Name authority (Goldie) Walpers: Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 118. (1842)
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