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Dicentra pauciflora

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Papaveraceae

Genus
  
Dicentra

Higher classification
  
Dicentra

Order
  
Ranunculales

Subfamily
  
Fumarioideae

Scientific name
  
Dicentra pauciflora

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Dicentra, Dicentra uniflora, Fumarioideae, Ehrendorferia ochroleuca, Papaveraceae

Dicentra pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in Dicentra, the genus containing the bleeding-hearts. Its common names include shorthorn steer's head and few-flowered bleeding-heart. This perennial wildflower is native to the US states of Oregon and California, where it grows high in the mountains in gravelly soils. This is a short bleeding-heart, approaching 10 centimeters in maximum height. From a rhizome beneath the soil it extends several erect petioles, each holding a leaf divided into leaflets which are each divided into smooth, fingerlike lobes. It also erects a thin stem which is topped with an inflorescence of one to three nodding flowers. Each flower is a shade of pink or purple to white, with two curving outer petals flexed back against the flower, and inner petals extended straight outward. The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long.

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Dicentra pauciflora Wikipedia