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Dicentra formosa cv.

Western bleeding heart, Pacific bleeding heart

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Dicentra formosa (western bleeding heart, Pacific bleeding heart)

5/26/2024 · McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, South Paris, Maine

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassMagnoliidaeIncludes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
OrderPapaveralesA group that includes buttercups and other poisonous plants
FamilyFumariaceaeFumitory, fumewort, or bleeding-heart family
GenusDicentraFrom the Greek dis, “twice,” and centron, “spur,” meaning “twice-spurred,” in reference to the flower shape
SpeciesformosaFinely formed, handsome, beautiful

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Dicentra formosa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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