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April-May

DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES
Dicentra cucullaria
Fumitory Family
Flower: 0.5-1” wide
Plant: 4-6” high

    Suspended from a 5-9” long curving stem are 4-8 waxy, white flowers with yellow tips, drooping in a row and looking like pantaloons hanging upside down from a clothesline.  Basal leaves, 3-6” long, feathery, long-stalked, deeply cut and fern-like, are grayish-green on top and paler underneath.

    This plant is found in rich woods and on rocky ledges.  Squirrel Corn (D. canadensis), a similar plant, can often be found nearby but can be recognized by the heart-shaped flower.