Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa): Bundle of 10

Description

Bundle of 10 root fragments.

At a Glance: Bleeding heart is a soft, juicy perennial from slender, brittle rhizomes; flowering stems are leafless and upright, 6-20” tall. Commonly found in moist forests, ravines, & streambanks, the flowers produce black pebbled seed w/ small white oil rich appendage that is attractive to ants, which disperse the seed.

Leaves: All basal, numerous, long stalked and airy fern-like, oblong segments.

Flowers: Pinkish-purple, heart-shaped at base, drooping pendant of 4 petals, the outer 2 each with a short sac-like spur and spreading tip; 5-15 in clusters atop stems.

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References:

MacKinnon, A., Pojar, J., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Richmond, Wash: Lone Pine Publishing.