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. ==References==