Dicentra uniflora, the longhorn steer's head, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant growing from a tuber, native to gravelly soils in mountains of the western United States.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Genus: | Dicentra |
Species: | D. uniflora
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Binomial name | |
Dicentra uniflora Kellogg
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Description
editHeight is up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Leaves are long-stalked and 3-times compound with rounded leaflets. Each leaflet is deeply divided.
Flowers have pink to white petals tinged with light brown or purple. The two outer petals are bent back; the inner petals are fused at the tip. Flowers bloom February to June. Its habitats include open woods and foothills.[1]
Seeds are borne in a capsule a little more than a 1 centimetre (0.4 in) long.
References
edit- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
External links
editMedia related to Dicentra uniflora at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual: Dicentra uniflora
- Flora of North America — map
- Dicentra uniflora - U.C. Photo Gallery