Dicentra canadensis
Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 118. 1842.
Plants perennial, scapose, from short rootstocks bearing yellow, globose bulblets. Leaves (10-) 14-24 (-30) × (4-) 6-14 (-18) cm; petiole (5-) 8-16 (-22) cm; blade with 4 orders of leaflets and lobes; abaxial surface glaucous; ultimate lobes linear to linear-elliptic or linear-obovate, (2-) 5-15 (-23) × (0.4-) 2-4 mm, usually minutely apiculate. Inflorescences racemose, 3-12-flowered, usually exceeding leaves, (10-) 15-27 (-33) cm; bracts ovate, 2-5 × 1-3 mm. Flowers pendent, very fragrant; pedicels (2-) 3-7 (-14) mm; sepals triangular to ovate, 2-4 × 1-2 mm, apex acuminate; petals white; outer petals (10-) 12-16 (-20) × (2-) 4-5 (-8) mm, reflexed portion 3-5 mm; inner petals (10-) 12-15 (-18) mm, blade 2-4 mm, claw linear-elliptic, 5-9 mm, crest prominent, ca. 2 mm diam., exceeding apex by ca. 2 mm; filaments of each bundle distinct nearly to base; nectariferous tissue forming 0.5-1 mm spur oriented vertically; style 4-7 mm; stigma shallowly 2-horned with 2 lateral papillae. Capsules ovoid, attenuate at both ends, (5-) 9-13 (-17) × 3-6 mm. Seeds slightly reniform, very obscurely reticulate, elaiosome present.
Phenology: Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat: Deciduous woods, often among rock outcrops, in rich loam soils
Elevation: 0-1500 m
Distribution
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Ont., Que., Conn., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
See discussion under the following species.
Selected References
None.