Dicentra canadensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Dicentra |
| Species: | D. canadensis |
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Dicentra canadensis, the squirrel corn,[2] 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. The flowers are fragrant.[3] It is a spring ephemeral, leafing out and flowering in spring and going dormant in summer.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America. It is also found among rock outcrops near mountains.[4]
References
- ^ NatureServe (5 January 2024). "Dicentra canadensis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ NRCS. "Dicentra canadensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel Corn) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- Blanchan, Neltje (1917) [Originally published in 1900 as Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Adapted from Blanchan's Nature's Garden by Asa Don Dickinson. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Retrieved 18 January 2024 – via Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.[page needed]
- Bleeding hearts, Corydalis, and their relatives. Mark Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, and Henrik Zetterlund. Timber Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0881928822[page needed]
