Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr. |
Bibliography | Fl. New York 1: 46 (1843) |
Native Range | e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 100-1700m |
Description | extensive rhizomes, leaves finely pinnate, ultimate segments more or less oblong, green and weakly greyish, flowers narrow, 15-20mm long, in long panicle |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink, pinkish purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division when dormant |
Synonyms | Bicuculla eximia (Ker Gawl.) Millsp. Bikukulla eximia (Ker Gawl.) Druce Capnorchis eximia (Ker Gawl.) Planch. Corydalis eximia (Ker Gawl.) Link Diclytra eximia (Ker Gawl.) DC. Dielytra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Hook. Eucapnos eximius (Ker Gawl.) Bernh. Fumaria eximia Ker Gawl. Fumaria formosa Poir. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |