OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_biex_001_lvd

        

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

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).


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image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

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).


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image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

JK Marlow    jkm140421_507

April    Buncombe County    NC

Botanical Gardens at Asheville

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

JK Marlow    jkm170414_581

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

JK Marlow    jkm170414_584

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

JK Marlow    jkm170414_585

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

Keith Bradley    kab_dicentra_eximia_4708

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdeximia_lg1

Month Unknown    Burke County    NC

Linville Gorge

image of Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart

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

 

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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)

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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

 

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