OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dicentra canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dicentra canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-002:

Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bicuculla canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Squirrel Corn


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bica4_001_lvd

        

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Harry Davis    hld456_crw_0634

April        NC-TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Similar to D. cucullaria, except that the spurs are rounded, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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JK Marlow    jkm080420_090

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm080420_116

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm140417_053

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Yellow pea-shaped bulblets [vs. D. cucullaria's white or pink & tear-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm140417_078

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm140418_357

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves finely divided, somewhat bluish-green, usually with a whitish bloom, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm190427_7878

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm190427_7879

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm210401_9089

April    Polk County    NC

Squirrel Corn on left; Dutchman's Britches (D. cucullaria) on right.

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Keith Bradley    kab_d_canadensis_1602

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Keith Bradley    kab_d_canadensis_1965

April    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcanadensis_gsmnp3

April        NC-TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Flowers borne in a raceme on a nearly vertical stalk well above leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s080420_a

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Typically one long-stalked basal leaf per flowering stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm160503_154

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Capsules ovoid, attenuate at both ends, per Flora of North America.

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcanadensis_rm2

May        NC-TN

The Roan Highlands

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdcanadensis_rm5

May        NC-TN

The Roan Highlands

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dicentra canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-002:
Dicentra canadensis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla canadensis

 

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456

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, moist forests, especially rich cove forests in the mountains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Isobilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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