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Dicentra canadensis
Also called Turkey Corn
Squirrel corn is a small spring-flowering woodland perennial from eastern North America, grown for its fern-like foliage and fragrant white flowers. It is a spring ephemeral, so it goes dormant in summer; the key to growing it is moist, shaded woodland conditions and leaving it undisturbed.
Dicentra canadensis, the squirrel corn, is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves.
It is native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America. It is also found among rock outcrops near mountains.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicentra canadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
