dicentra

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 8 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to Asia (one species) 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 symbol ♥ with a drop of blood descending. All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested.

The genus is easily distinguished from other genera with bisymmetric heart-shaped flowers, because the stem lacks leaves and all leaves are in a basal rosette.

Species

• Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. - Squirrel-corn
• 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. oregana
• Dicentra lachenaliaeflora Ledeb. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra nevadensis Eastw. - Sierran Bleedinghearts
• Dicentra oregana Eastw. = Dicentra formosa subsp. oregana
• Dicentra pauciflora S. Wats. - Short-horn Steer's-head
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino
• Dicentra pusilla Siebold & Zucc. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra uniflora Kellogg - Long-horn Steer's-head

White L. spectabilis

The following 4 genera have previously occasionally been included in "Dicentra"

Dactylicapnos Wall. (herbaceous climbers with yellow flowers, Himalaya to SW China) with 13 species

• Dactylicapnos burmanica (K.R.Stern) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos grandifoliolata Merrill
• Dactylicapnos lichiangensis (Fedde) Hand.-Mazz.
• Dactylicapnos macrocapnos (Prain) Hutchinson
• Dicentra paucinervia K.R.Stern = Dac. grandifoliolata
• Dactylicapnos roylei (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos scandens (D.Don) Hutchinson.
• Dactylicapnos schneideri (Fedde) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos thalictrifolia Wallich
• Dactylicapnos torulosa (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos ventii (Khanh) Lidén
• Dicentra wolfdietheri Fedde= Dac. torulosa

Lamprocapnos Endlicher (leafy herb with large pink flowers in horisontal racemes, NE China, Korea) with a single species

• Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara. - Bleeding Heart, an extremely popular garden plant

Ehrendorferia Lidén (erect robust leafy herbs with yellow or cream erect flowers, Western N America) with 2 species

• Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (Engelm.) Lidén
• Ehrendorferia chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Lidén. - Golden Ear-drops

Ichthyoselmis Lidén (Large leafy herb with serrate leaflets and large drooping cream flowers, China, Burma) with a single species

• Ichthyoselmis macrantha (Oliver) Lidén

Gallery

Lamprocapnos spectabilis	Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'	Dicentra peregrina	Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Dicentra cucullaria

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dicentra

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

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