Species

Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart)

Dicentra formosa. Photo: (c) bcislander, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Dicentra formosa (western, wild or Pacific bleeding heart) is a flowering plant with fern-like leaves and an inflorescence of drooping pink, purple, yellow or cream flowers native to the Pacific Coast of North America.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Ranunculales (Buttercups, poppies, and allies)
        Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
        Subfamily: Fumarioideae
        Tribe: Corydaleae
        Genus: Dicentra (Bleedinghearts)
        Species: Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart)
        Subspecies: Dicentra formosa formosa
        Subspecies: Dicentra formosa oregona (Oregon bleeding heart)

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Dicentra formosa formosa

Subspecies: Dicentra formosa oregona (Oregon bleeding heart)

Sightings

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