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Pacific bleeding heart
Dicentra formosa
Dicentra formosa
Pacific bleeding heart Poppy/Dicentra
Dicentra formosa Papaveraceae
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common names
  Pacific bleeding heart
  western bleeding heart
accepted scientific name
  •Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp.
rules for finding collection records
  Dicentra formosa (8625)
family name
  • Papaveraceae
Image Author: ©2010 Keir Morse
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Four petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is 0.5 to 0.8 inches
Leaf: Basal, Compound
Plant Observed beginning of March thru 1st week of September

How Likely at this Location (78%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (54%)
White forms in the Siskiyou Mountains are ssp. oregana.
base map where plant found
mag select

Forest
Riparian
Disturbed
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present