Flora of North America species comparison

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Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa
Photo is of parent taxon

bleeding heart, Pacific bleeding-heart
Leaf

blades abaxially glaucous, adaxially not glaucous (rarely glaucescent).
Flowers

petals rose-purple to pink, rarely white.
2n

= 16, 32.

Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa
Phenology Flowering early spring–early fall.
Habitat Loam or gravel soils in moist woods and clearings, and along banks of streams
Elevation 0-2250 m (0-7400 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

This subspecies occurs in two chromosomal races: tetraploids (2n = 32), distributed from the Cascade Mountains of Oregon southward throughout the Coast Ranges to central California, and diploids (n = 16), distributed from Vancouver Island and British Columbia southward through the Cascades and Coast Ranges, and along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada to Monterey and Tulare counties, California. The flowers of both races vary appreciably in color, shape, and size.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Fumariaceae > Dicentra > Dicentra formosa
Sibling taxa
D. formosa subsp. oregana
Synonyms D. formosa var. breviflora
Name authority unknown
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