Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.

Rhizome very short, covered with small, white or pink, tear-shaped bulblets; lvs typically 2 per scape, somewhat yellow-green, not glaucous, long-petioled, broadly triangular in outline, decompound, the ultimate segments linear or narrowly oblong; scapes 1–3 dm, bearing a terminal raceme of nodding white fls suffused with yellow at the summit; cor 15–20 mm, its spurs subacute, divergent; nectary-spurs mostly 2–3 mm; 2n=32. Rich woods; N.S. and e. Que. to n. Minn., s. to Ga., Ark., and Kans.; disjunct in Wash., Oreg., and Ida. Apr.–June.

Cool places in rich mountain woods. Deciduous woods and clearings, in rich loam soils from sea level to 1500 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.