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

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

Description

Height is up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Leaves are 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.

References

External links

Media related to Dicentra uniflora at Wikimedia Commons

• Jepson Manual: Dicentra uniflora
• Flora of North America — map
• Dicentra uniflora - U.C. Photo Gallery

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