Dicentra nevadensis
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Dicentra nevadensis is a perennial
plant
native to gravelly outcroppings in the Sierra Nevada peaks of Tulare
and Fresno Counties
, California, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Dicentra formosa
(Pacific Bleeding-heart).
Leaves are finely divided and sprout from the base of the plant.
Flowers are heart-shaped, dull white, pink, or yellow-brown, hanging in raceme
s on bare stems above the leaves. When dried, the flowers turn black.
Seeds are borne in a capsule
one to two centimeters long.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
native to gravelly outcroppings in the Sierra Nevada peaks of Tulare
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...
and Fresno Counties
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...
, California, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Dicentra formosa
Dicentra formosa
Dicentra formosa is a herbaceous perennial growing from a rhizome, native to moist woodland from California to British Columbia.-Description:...
(Pacific Bleeding-heart).
Leaves are finely divided and sprout from the base of the plant.
Flowers are heart-shaped, dull white, pink, or yellow-brown, hanging in raceme
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
s on bare stems above the leaves. When dried, the flowers turn black.
Seeds are borne in a capsule
Capsule (fruit)
In botany a capsule is a type of simple, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. A capsule is a structure composed of two or more carpels that in most cases is dehiscent, i.e. at maturity, it splits apart to release the seeds within. A few capsules are indehiscent, for example...
one to two centimeters long.