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Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.  
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FamilyPAPAVERACEAE
Genus speciesDicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. 
BibliographyLinnaea 8: 468 (1833)
Native Rangee. Canada to n. & e. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and woods
Altitude0-1500m
Descriptiongrey-green, rootstock with spherical corms, leaves long petiolate, blades 3-4-pinnate, flowers 3-14 in lax raceme, inner petals with yellow apex, ca. 1cm long
Size20-40cm
Colorpinkish violet, white
Bloomspring
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C
division when dormant
SynonymsBicuculla cucullaria (L.) Millsp.
Bicucullaria occidentalis Rydb.
Bikukulla cucullaria (L.) Millsp.
Capnorchis cucullaria (L.) Planch.
Capnorchis occidentalis (Rydb.) House
Corydalis bracteosa (DC.) Spreng.
Corydalis cucullaria (L.) Pers.
Cucullaria bulbosa Raf.
Dicentra cucullaria var. occidentalis (Rydb.) M.Peck
Dicentra cucullaria f. purpuritincta Eames
Dicentra occidentalis (Rydb.) Fedde|
Diclytra bracteosa DC.
Diclytra cucullaria (L.) DC.
Diclytra cucullaria var. divaricata DC.
Dielytra bracteosa (DC.) Spreng.
Dielytra cucullaria (L.) D.Don
Fumaria bicalcarata Stokes
Fumaria cucullaria L.
Fumaria pallida Salisb.
Territory7 Northern America
     72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, 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, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia)
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