Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra cucullaria
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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Learn more about Dutchman's Britches from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra cucullaria
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra cucullaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dicentra cucullaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-003:
Dicentra cucullaria FAMILY Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla cucullaria
COMMON NAME:
Dutchman's Britches
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bicu2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3269
March Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_cucullaria_15
March
Corolla bisbilateral, that is, divisible into equal halves in 2 planes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk457_a
April
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JK Marlow jkm090405_008
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaves finely divided and somewhat yellowish-green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090405_013
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Bulblets white to pink, tear-shaped [vs. D. canadensis yellow and spherical], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_387
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7979
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7980
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7983
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9089
April Polk County NC
Squirrel Corn (D. canadensis) on left; Dutchman's Britches on right.
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JK Marlow s090405_a
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Typically two long-stalked basal leaves per flowering stem, 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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Dan Whitten sdw_seeds
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Dan Whitten sdw_seeds_b
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Sepals widely ovate-lanceolate, 2-4mm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 8-14mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dicentra_cucullaria
August
The flattened corolla is divided into 2 tapering spurs pointing upward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
flowers of Dicentra species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra cucullaria
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra cucullaria
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra cucullaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dicentra cucullaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-003:
Dicentra cucullaria
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla cucullaria
457
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, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
White
Isobilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/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) p012
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p177
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p211
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p034
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p092
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p211
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p049
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p070
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p362
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p054
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