Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. |
Synonyms | Fumaria cucullaria L. |
Dicentra occidentalis (Rydb.) Fedde | |
Diclyctra bracteosa DC. | |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | grey-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 |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pinkish violet, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division when dormant |
Territory |
Northern America
Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , North Dakota , Nebraska , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Arkansas , Delaware , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , District of Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PAPAVERACEAE
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