Higher classification Dicentra | Subfamily Fumarioideae Scientific name Dicentra uniflora Rank Species | |
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Similar Dicentra, Dicentra pauciflora, Fumarioideae, Papaveraceae, Ehrendorferia ochroleuca |
Dicentra uniflora (longhorn steer's head) is a herbaceous perennial growing from a tuber, native to gravelly soils in mountains of the western United States.
Description
Height is up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Leaves are 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.
Seeds are borne in a capsule a little more than a 1 centimetre (0.4 in) long.
References
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