Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa

EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Dicentra formosa var. breviflora L. F. Henderson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Leaf-blades abaxially glaucous, adaxially not glaucous (rarely glaucescent). Flowers: petals rose-purple to pink, rarely white. 2n = 16, 32.


Phenology: Flowering early spring–early fall.
Habitat: Loam or gravel soils in moist woods and clearings, and along banks of streams
Elevation: 0-2250 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

This subspecies occurs in two chromosomal races: tetraploids (2n = 32), distributed from the Cascade Mountains of Oregon southward throughout the Coast Ranges to central California, and diploids (n = 16), distributed from Vancouver Island and British Columbia southward through the Cascades and Coast Ranges, and along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada to Monterey and Tulare counties, California. The flowers of both races vary appreciably in color, shape, and size.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
10mm;20mm +
acuminate +
3mm;4mm +
Kingsley R. Stern +
(Haworth) Walpers +
swollen +
Fumaria formosa +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
linear-elliptic +  and linear-lanceolate +
1mm;2mm +
cordate +  and oblong +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-2250 m +
each +  and plane +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
Loam or gravel soils in moist woods and clearings, and along banks of streams +
terminal +, leaf-opposed +, extra-axillary +  and axillary +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
serrate +, crenate +  and entire +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
3 +, both +  and 1 +
keeled +, spurred +  and swollen +
dissimilar +  and alike +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
obovoid;narrowly cylindric +
3-toothed +  and oblong +
white;rose-purple;pink +
connate +  and coherent +
not spongy +
Flowering early spring–early fall. +
perpendicular +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Repert. Bot. Syst. +
reniform +
lanceolate +  and ovate or nearly round +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
hollow +, branching +  and simple +
climbing +  and prostrate +
persistent +
2-horned +  and rhomboid +
thread-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Dicentra formosa var. breviflora +
Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa +
Dicentra formosa +
subspecies +