J20150605-0050—Dicentra formosa—RPBG

Dicentra formosa—Pacific bleeding heart. Many cultivars and hybrids are available in the nursery trade. Long considered a member of the family Fumariaceae. it is now placed in Papaveraceae (poppy family) by both The Jepson Manual, 2nd ed. and Flora of North America. Dicentra formosa grows on both sides of the Central Valley rom Monterey County north to the Klamath Mountains then south along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range t,o Tulare County. Outside of California, D. formosa grows from Oregon northward to British Columbia. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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