Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Squirrel Corn from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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)
Bicuculla canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Squirrel Corn
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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.
COMPARE
flowers of Dicentra species
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.
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.
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.
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.
COMPARE
leaves of Dicentra species
JK Marlow jkm160503_154
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules ovoid, attenuate at both ends, per Flora of North America.