Dicentra

Dicentra
Western Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Fumariaceae
Genus:	Dicentra Bernh.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Diclytra Borkh. nom. rej. Dielytra = orthographic variant of Diclytra Possible synonym: Lamprocapnos Endl. Possible synonym: Ehrendorferia Fukuhara & Lidén Possible synonym: Ichtyoselmis Lidén & Fukuhara

Dicentra (bleeding-heart) is a genus of 8 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the fumitory family, many with heart-shaped flowers, native to Asia and North America.

All parts of these plants are poisonous if ingested.

The genus is easily distinguished from other genera with bisymmetric heart-shaped flowers, because the stem lacks leaves and all leaves are in a basal rosette.

Species

• Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. - Squirrel-corn
• Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. - Dutchman's-breeches
• Dicentra eximia (Ker-Gawl.) Torr. - Wild Bleedinghearts, Fringed Bleeding Heart
• Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. - Western or Pacific Bleeding Heart
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. oregana
• Dicentra lachenaliaeflora Ledeb. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra nevadensis Eastw. - Sierran Bleedinghearts
• Dicentra oregana Eastw. = Dicentra formosa subsp. oregana
• Dicentra pauciflora S. Wats. - Short-horn Steer's-head
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino
• Dicentra pusilla Siebold & Zucc. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra uniflora Kellogg - Long-horn Steer's-head

White Lamprocapnos spectabilis

The following 4 genera have previously occasionally been included in "Dicentra"

Dactylicapnos Wall. (herbaceous climbers with yellow flowers, Himalaya to SW China) with 13 species

• Dactylicapnos burmanica (K.R.Stern) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos grandifoliolata Merrill
• Dactylicapnos lichiangensis (Fedde) Hand.-Mazz.
• Dactylicapnos macrocapnos (Prain) Hutchinson
• Dicentra paucinervia K.R.Stern = Dac. grandifoliolata
• Dactylicapnos roylei (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos scandens (D.Don) Hutchinson.
• Dactylicapnos schneideri (Fedde) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos thalictrifolia Wallich
• Dactylicapnos torulosa (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos ventii (Khanh) Lidén
• Dicentra wolfdietheri Fedde= Dac. torulosa

Lamprocapnos Endlicher (leafy herb with large pink flowers in horisontal racemes, NE China, Korea) with a single species

• Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara. = Dicentra spectabilis - Bleeding Heart, an extremely popular garden plant

Ehrendorferia Lidén (erect robust leafy herbs with yellow or cream erect flowers, Western N America) with 2 species

• Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (Engelm.) Lidén
• Ehrendorferia chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Lidén. - Golden Ear-drops

Ichthyoselmis Lidén (Large leafy herb with serrate leaflets and large drooping cream flowers, China, Burma) with a single species

• Ichthyoselmis macrantha (Oliver) Lidén

Gallery

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  Pacific bleeding-heart (Dicentra formosa)
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  Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
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  Squirrel-corn (Dicentra canadensis)
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  Komakusa (Dicentra peregrina)
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  Old-fashioned bleeding-heart (Dicentra or Lamprocapnos spectabilis)

External links

• List of dicentra species compiled by Markku Savela
• Bleeding Hearts in the Garden
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino Images