Dicentra

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Dicentra
Western Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Fumariaceae Genus: Dicentra Bernh.
Species
See text.

Dicentra is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to Asia and North America. The common name, bleeding heart, is used for many of the species. This name comes from the appearance of the pink flower, which resembles the shape of a heart with a drop of blood descending.

Species

• Dicentra burmanica K.R.Stern
• Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. - Squirrel-corn
• Dicentra chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Walp. - Golden Ear-drops
• Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. - Dutchman's-breeches
• Dicentra eximia (Ker-Gawl.) Torr. - Wild Bleedinghearts, Fringed Bleeding Heart
• Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. - Western or Pacific Bleeding Heart
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. oregona
• Dicentra lachenaliaeflora Ledeb.
• Dicentra lichiangensis Fedde
• Dicentra macrocapnos D.Prain
• Dicentra nevadensis Eastw. - Sierran Bleedinghearts
• Dicentra ochroleuca Engelm.
• Dicentra oregona Eastw.
• Dicentra pauciflora S. Wats. - Short-horn Steer's-head
• Dicentra paucinervia K.R.Stern

• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino
• Dicentra pusilla Siebold & Zucc.
• Dicentra roylei Hook.f. & Thomson
• Dicentra scandens Walp.
• Dicentra schneideri Fedde
• Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem. - Bleeding Heart
• Dicentra thalictrifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
• Dicentra torulosa Hook.f. & Thomson
• Dicentra uniflora Kellogg - Long-horn Steer's-head
• Dicentra ventii Khanh
• Dicentra wolfdietheri Fedde

[edit] External links

• List of dicentra species
• Bleeding Hearts in the Garden
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino Images

Dicentra spectabilis

Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'

Dicentra cucullaria