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

Dicentra uniflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Dicentra
Species:
D. uniflora
Binomial name
Dicentra uniflora
Kellogg

Description

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Height is up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Leaves are long-stalked and 3-times compound with rounded leaflets. Each leaflet is deeply divided.

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. Flowers bloom February to June. Its habitats include open woods and foothills.[1]

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

 
Dicentra uniflora

References

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  1. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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