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|accepted_name=Dicentra chrysantha
|accepted_authority=(Hooker & Arnott) Walpers
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Repert. Bot. Syst.
|place=1: 118. 1842
|year=1842
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|common_names=Golden eardrops
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Dielytra chrysantha
|authority=Hooker & Arnott
|publication_title=Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|publication_place=320, plate 73. 1838
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|hierarchy=Fumariaceae;Dicentra;Dicentra chrysantha
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fumariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dicentra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dicentra chrysantha]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, glaucous, from stout taproots. <b>Stems</b> 1 or more, rigidly erect, 5-15 dm, 1-2.5 cm diam. at base. <b>Leaves</b> (10-)15-30(-45) × (3-)5-9(-16) cm; blade with 3, rarely 4 orders of leaflets and lobes; ultimate leaflets (10-)20-30(-60) × (5-)10-20(-25) mm, ultimate lobes oblong, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate, usually at least 5 times longer than wide; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3-5 × 1-2 mm, margins entire; bracteoles absent, rarely present. <b>Flowers</b> erect, with slightly pungent odor; pedicels rigid, 2-10 mm; sepals ovate to cordate or nearly round, 3-7 × 2-5 mm; petals golden yellow; outer petals (10-)12-16(-22) × 2-4 mm, reflexed portion 4-7 mm; inner petals (8-)15-17(-18) mm, blade 3-5 mm, claw 6-9 mm, confluent with and nearly as wide as blade, crest usually about 1-3 mm diam., scarcely exceeding apex; filaments of each bundle connate from base to shortly below anthers, rarely distinct from near base; nectariferous tissue borne at base of median filament, not projecting into outer petal; stigma shortly 2-horned, ca. 2 times wider than long. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, attenuate at both ends or sometimes rounded at base, (5-)15-25(-32) × 5-8 mm. <b>Seeds</b> slightly reniform, 1.5-2.2 mm diam., densely covered with tiny protuberances, elaiosome absent. <b>2n</b> = 32. <b>Artificially</b> produced hybrids between <i>Dicentra ochroleuca</i> and <i>D. chrysantha</i> also had 2n = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring–late summer.
|habitat=Dry gravelly hillsides, gullies, and disturbed areas, often invading after fire
|elevation=100-2200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>The seeds of <i>Dicentra chrysantha</i> usually do not germinate unless desiccated or seared by fire.</p><!--
--><p>The Kawaiisu applied dried, mashed roots of <i>Dicentra chrysantha</i> to the chest for heart pains (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Dicentra chrysantha
|author=
|authority=(Hooker & Arnott) Walpers
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Dielytra chrysantha
|family=Fumariaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring–late summer.
|habitat=Dry gravelly hillsides, gullies, and disturbed areas, often invading after fire
|elevation=100-2200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Repert. Bot. Syst.
|publication year=1842
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|genus=Dicentra
|species=Dicentra chrysantha
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