PLANTS Profile for Dicentra eximia (turkey corn)

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PLANTS Profile

Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.
turkey corn

Symbol:

DIEX

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fumariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, VA, Peaks of Otter, Sharp Top Mountain. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

BIEX

Bicuculla eximia (Ker Gawl.) Millsp.

Distribution:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.


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USA (GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

View 8 genera in Fumariaceae, 7 species in Dicentra

Classification:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Fumariaceae – Fumitory family
Genus	Dicentra Bernh. – bleeding heart
Species	Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr. – turkey corn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
wild bleeding-heart		Threatened
New Jersey:
wild bleeding-heart		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
wild bleeding-hearts		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dicentra eximia (Ker Gawl.) Torr.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18946.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 11:36 PM MDT