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Charles Webberİ 1998 California Academy of Sciences (CalPhotos)

 

Dicentra chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Walp.
Dicentra chrysantha, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America [Lum/Walker].
Common names: ear drops, golden eardrops
Communities: Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland
Affinity to serpentine soil:   1.1 (weak indicator / indifferent) [Safford et al 2005]
Habitat: disturbed, slopes [Walker]
Toxicity: Dermatitis   [Filmer 2008]
Elevation: between 0 and 5000 feet Family: Papaveraceae ( PLANTS: Fumariaceae )
Name Status:
Recognized as current in JM93
ICPN + PLANTS: new name: Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Warning: this name is no longer current.
 
Related names:See a list of other species in the genus Dicentra found in California.
Distribution in California based on available records:
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    For a distribution map based on other criteria (eg. more than one record within the county), see the County Distribution Analysis for this plant.

 

  There are specimens from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented observations, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported observations.
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Records by County: Click county name to view records (numbers are approximate).
Information about  Dicentra chrysantha  from other sources:
Photos on CalPhotos / Picasa / Flickr 1993 Jepson Manual Treament from the UC Jepson Herbaria
Photos or website references on Google Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
PLANTS profile from USDA PLANTS (code = EHCH) Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant) on CNPLX

Citation:
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Feb 09, 2010).

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