Dicentra canadensis

Dicentra canadensis
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Dicentra
Species:	D. canadensis
Binomial name
Dicentra canadensis (L.) Bernh.

Dicentra canadensis, the squirrel corn,^[1] is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves.

Description[]

Squirrel corn has small yellow clustered bulblets (looking roughly like kernels of corn), finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers. It is a spring ephemeral, leafing out and flowering in spring and going dormant in summer.

Ecology[]

It is native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.

References[]

• Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
• Bleeding hearts, Corydalis, and their relatives. Mark Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, and Henrik Zetterlund. Timber Press. 2008.

Dicentra canadensis, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

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