Calflora Taxon Report
Dicentra chrysantha  (Hook. & Arn.) Walp.

(not an active name)
Ear drops,   Golden eardrops
Dicentra chrysantha is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Dicentra
Family: Papaveraceae  
(Fumariaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the leaf or underground parts of this plant.

Habitat: disturbed, slopes

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

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Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSEhrendorferia chrysantha
Information about Dicentra chrysantha from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.

USDA PLANTS Profile (EHCH)

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