ON THIS PLANT
Dicentra uniflora, the longhorn steer's head, is a herbaceous perennial growing from a tuber, native to gravelly soils in mountains of the western United States.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Dicentra
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-8
- Mature Height
- 5 cm to 10 cm
- Mature Spread
- 5 cm to 10 cm
- Leaf Color
- Light Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink, White
- Flower Size
- 1.02 cm to 1.52 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late winter, Early spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Steer's-head en Longhorn steer's-head en Steershead en One-flowered bleeding-heart
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