| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. |
| Bibliography | Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 118 (1842) |
| Native Range | se. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | on rootstock small corms, leaves grey-green, finely pinnate, ultimate segments linear, inflorescence racemose, 3-12-flowered, flowers pendent, fragrant, pedicel 3-7mm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division when dormant |
| Synonyms | Bicuculla canadensis (Goldie) Millsp. Bikukulla canadensis (Goldie) Druce Capnorchis canadensis (Goldie) Kuntze Corydalis canadensis Goldie Diclytra canadensis (Goldie) DC. Dielytra canadensis (Goldie) G.Don |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |