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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ehrendorferia chrysantha (syn. Dicentra chrysantha), with the common name golden eardrops, is a biennial to perennial plant in the family Papaveraceae.
| Ehrendorferia chrysantha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Ehrendorferia |
| Species: | E. chrysantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ehrendorferia chrysantha | |
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Dicentra chrysantha | |
It is native to dry, brushy areas prone to wildfire in diverse regions of California, and in Baja California.
Dicentra chrysantha has a taproot. Its leaves are blue-green, with many lobed leaflets.
Flowers are yellow and aromatic, with the tips of two outer petals curved outward from two central petals, borne in panicles at the top of branched stems 1.5 m tall.
Seeds are borne in a capsule 1–2 cm long. They usually do not germinate unless exposed to fire.
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