OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dicentra cucullaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dicentra cucullaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-003:

Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bicuculla cucullaria

 

COMMON NAME:
Dutchman's Britches


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image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bicu2_001_lvd

        

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm200321_3269

March    Polk County    NC

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_cucullaria_15

March        

Corolla bisbilateral, that is, divisible into equal halves in 2 planes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

Ben Geer Keys    bgk457_a

April        

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm090405_008

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Leaves finely divided and somewhat yellowish-green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm090405_013

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Bulblets white to pink, tear-shaped [vs. D. canadensis yellow and spherical], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm140418_387

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7979

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7980

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7983

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    jkm210401_9089

April    Polk County    NC

Squirrel Corn (D. canadensis) on left; Dutchman's Britches on right.

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

JK Marlow    s090405_a

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Typically two long-stalked basal leaves per flowering stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

Dan Whitten    sdw_seeds

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

Dan Whitten    sdw_seeds_b

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Sepals widely ovate-lanceolate, 2-4mm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 8-14mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's Britches

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_dicentra_cucullaria

August        

The flattened corolla is divided into 2 tapering spurs pointing upward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicentra cucullaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dicentra cucullaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-02-003:
Dicentra cucullaria   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bicuculla cucullaria

 

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457

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, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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