Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra eximia
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Wild Bleeding Heart from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra eximia
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra eximia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dicentra eximia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-001:
Dicentra eximia FAMILY Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla eximia
COMMON NAME:
Wild Bleeding Heart
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_biex_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110402_370
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Bluish-green leaves, less finely cut than D. cucullaria or canadensis, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Dicentra species
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JK Marlow jkm140421_506
April Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Similar to D. canadensis, except with longer tips on the outer petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
flowers of Dicentra species
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JK Marlow jkm140421_507
April Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
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JK Marlow jkm170414_581
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_584
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_585
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
)
Keith Bradley kab_dicentra_eximia_4708
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdeximia_lg1
Month Unknown Burke County NC
Linville Gorge
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Tim Spira tps_deximia
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra eximia
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra eximia
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra eximia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dicentra eximia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-001:
Dicentra eximia
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla eximia
458
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cliffs, talus slopes, rocky slopes, rock outcrops, shale slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare or waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Isobilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence paniculate
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p130
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p121
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p060
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p034
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p346
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p018
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p090
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p049
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p054
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