Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Papaveraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizome very short, covered with small, white or pink, tear-shaped bulblets; lvs typically 2 per scape, somewhat yellow-green, not glaucous, long-petioled, broadly triangular in outline, decompound, the ultimate segments linear or narrowly oblong; scapes 1–3 dm, bearing a terminal raceme of nodding white fls suffused with yellow at the summit; cor 15–20 mm, its spurs subacute, divergent; nectary-spurs mostly 2–3 mm; 2n=32. Rich woods; N.S. and e. Que. to n. Minn., s. to Ga., Ark., and Kans.; disjunct in Wash., Oreg., and Ida. Apr.–June.
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Common Names
Dutchman's breeches