Dicentra uniflora

Dicentra uniflora
Dicentra uniflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Fumariaceae
Genus: Dicentra
Species: D. uniflora
Binomial name
Dicentra uniflora
Kellogg

Dicentra uniflora (longhorn steer's head) is a herbaceous perennial growing from a tuber, native to gravelly soils in mountains of the western United States.

Height is up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Leaves are finely divided, with rounded leaflets.

Flowers have pink to white petals tinged with light brown or purple. The two outer petals are bent back; the inner petals are fused at the tip.

Seeds are borne in a capsule a little more than a 1 centimetre (0.4 in) long.

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