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Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ehrendorferia chrysantha (syn. Dicentra chrysantha), with the common name golden eardrops, is a biennial to perennial plant in the family Papaveraceae.
It is native to dry, brushy areas prone to wildfire in diverse regions of California, and in Baja California.
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Description
Dicentra chrysantha has a taproot. Its leaves are blue-green, with many lobed leaflets.
Flowers are yellow and aromatic, with the tips of two outer petals curved outward from two central petals, borne in panicles at the top of branched stems 1.5 m tall.
Seeds are borne in a capsule 1–2 cm long. They usually do not germinate unless exposed to fire.
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