Pacific bleeding heart
Dicentra formosa (Andrews) Walp.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Papaveraceae
Formerly Bicuculla formosa, Bikukulla formosa, Capnorchis formosa, Diclytra formosa, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. British Columbia to C. CaliforniaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 46 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, cream, yellow, red, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Czech
- srdcovka zdobná
- Welsh
- calon waedlyd
- Finnish
- kesäpikkusydän
- Chinese
- 华丽荷包牡丹, 华丽马裤花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Dicentra formosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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