Species PlantsPacific Bleeding Heart

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

CommonPlant
Illustration of Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)

Pacific Bleeding Heart is a native wildflower of moist Pacific Northwest forest floors, spreading by rhizomes to form lush colonies of deeply divided foliage and drooping clusters of pink heart-shaped flowers. It blooms from March through August, providing nectar for hummingbirds and bumblebees. It is more robust and longer-blooming than its eastern relative Dutchman's breeches.

Habitat
Moist forest floors and shaded stream banks in the Pacific Northwest
Diet
Nectar for hummingbirds and bumblebees; seeds dispersed by ants
How common
Common

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