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
[edit]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
[edit]It is native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America. It is also found among rock outcrops near mountains.[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Dicentra canadensis.
- ^ 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]
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