Dicentra formosa

Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts
aka Western Bleeding Heart, Pacific Bleeding Heart. The spurs of the two outer petals provide the name. The flowers, ususally four or more to a cluster, are pink to rose-purple, about 3/4″ (14 – 18 mm) long and are, of course, heart-shaped. The fern-like leaves are on long stalks and only slightly shorter than the flowering stem, which can rise to 20″ (50 cm). Common near streams, seeps, in low eleveation forest but found to 4,500′ elevation.

Family:

Papaveraceae - POPPY FAMILY

Genus:

Dicentra from Greek dis 'twice' and kentron 'spur'

Species:

formosa means 'beautiful'
Photo location: Carbon River and Eastside trails.