''Dicentra uniflora'', the longhorn steer's head, is a

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

perennial flowering plant growing from a tuber, native to

gravel Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classifi ...

ly soils in mountains of the western United States.

Description

Height is up to .

Leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are long-stalked and 3-times compound with rounded leaflets. Each leaflet is deeply divided. Flowers have pink to white petals tinged with light brown or purple. The two outer petals are bent back; the inner petals are fused at the tip. Flowers bloom February to June. Its habitats include open woods and foothills. Seeds are borne in a capsule a little more than a long. Dicentra_uniflora_Modoc_closeup

References

External links

Jepson Manual: ''Dicentra uniflora''Flora of North America
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map''Dicentra uniflora'' - U.C. Photo Gallery
uniflora Flora of California Flora of Oregon Flora of Nevada Flora of Utah Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Rocky Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Papaveraceae-stub