''Sarcocapnos'' (
Greek
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''sárx'' "flesh", ''kapnós'' "smoke") is a genus of at least 6 species of somewhat fleshy, cushion-forming
annual
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* Annual plant
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* Annuals (b ...
to
perennial
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plants
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, native to cliffs in the
French
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
,
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, and north
Africa
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.
Description
As in the genus ''
Corydalis
''Corydalis'' (from Greek ''korydalÃs'' "crested lark") is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern ...
'' (but unlike ''
Dicentra
''Dicentra'' (Greek ''dÃs'' "twice", ''kéntron'' "spur"), known as bleeding-hearts, is a genus of eight species of herbaceous plants with oddly shaped flowers and finely divided leaves, native to eastern Asia and North America.
Description
Flo ...
''), the flowers are
zygomorphic
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Uncommonly, flowers may have no axis of symmetry at all, typically because their parts are spirall ...
, that is, they have
bilateral symmetry
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.
Species
There are at least 6 species:
* ''
Sarcocapnos baetica''
(Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
* ''
Sarcocapnos crassifolia''
(Desf.) DC.
* ''
Sarcocapnos enneaphylla''
(L.) DC.
* ''
Sarcocapnos integrifolia''
(Boiss.) Cuatrec.
* ''
Sarcocapnos pulcherrima
''Sarcocapnos'' (Greek ''sárx'' "flesh", ''kapnós'' "smoke") is a genus of at least 6 species of somewhat fleshy, cushion-forming annual to perennial plants, native to cliffs in the French Pyrenees, Spain, and north Africa.
Description
As in t ...
''
C. Morales & Romero GarcÃa
* ''
Sarcocapnos saetabensis
''Sarcocapnos'' (Ancient Greek, Greek ''sárx'' "flesh", ''kapnós'' "smoke") is a genus of at least 6 species of somewhat fleshy, cushion-forming annual plant, annual to perennial plant, perennial flowering plant, plants, native to cliffs in the ...
''
Mateo & Figuerola
References
Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives. Mark C. Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, Henrik Zetterlund. 2008. â€
Google Books
External links
Botany Photo of the Day—
University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
Fumarioideae
Papaveraceae genera
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