Ehrendorferia
Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family
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Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1]
| Ehrendorferia | |
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| Ehrendorferia chrysantha (type species) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Fumarioideae |
| Tribe: | Fumarieae |
| Subtribe: | Corydalinae |
| Genus: | Ehrendorferia T. Fukuhara & Lidén |
| Synonyms | |
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Dicentra subg. Chrysocapnos | |
Species
There are two species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander | Golden Eardrops | California, and in Baja California. |
 | Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara | white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart | California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California. |
