Dicentra formosa cv.
Western bleeding heart, Pacific bleeding heart
[An article has not been written yet.]
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Papaverales | A group that includes buttercups and other poisonous plants |
| Family | Fumariaceae | Fumitory, fumewort, or bleeding-heart family |
| Genus | Dicentra | From the Greek dis, “twice,” and centron, “spur,” meaning “twice-spurred,” in reference to the flower shape |
| Species | formosa | Finely formed, handsome, beautiful |
Dicentra formosa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
© FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved.