Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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Learn more about Squirrel Corn from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dicentra canadensis
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, 1938)
Bicuculla canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Squirrel Corn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bica4_001_lvd
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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 (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
flowers of Dicentra species
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JK Marlow jkm080420_090
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080420_116
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_078
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7878
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7879
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9089
April Polk County NC
Squirrel Corn on left; Dutchman's Britches (D. cucullaria) on right.
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Keith Bradley kab_d_canadensis_1602
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_d_canadensis_1965
April Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Dicentra species
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JK Marlow jkm160503_154
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules ovoid, attenuate at both ends, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcanadensis_rm2
May NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcanadensis_rm5
May NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra canadensis
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dicentra canadensis
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, 1938)
Bicuculla canadensis
456
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 (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:
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
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p034
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p092
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p018
- 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) p048
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p070
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p054
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