Lamprocapnos

Lamprocapnos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Tribe: Fumarieae
Subtribe: Corydalinae
Genus: Lamprocapnos
Endl.
Species:
L. spectabilis
Binomial name
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Synonyms [1]

Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem.
Dielytra spectabilis (L.) DC.
Fumaria spectabilis L.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis, bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart,[2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the fumitory subfamily (Fumarioideae) of the poppy family Papaveraceae, and is native to Siberia, northern China, Korea, and Japan.[3] It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis (now listed as a synonym), not to be confused with the North American native bleeding heart plants also classified under Dicentra.[4] It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring.[5][6]

Other common names include lyre flower, heart flower, and lady-in-a-bath.[7]

  1. ^ "Lamprocapnos spectabilis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Bleeding heart | plant | Britannica".
  4. ^ "Bleeding heart | plant | Britannica".
  5. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  6. ^ Tebbit, Mark, Lidén, Magnus and Zetterlund, Henrik, Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis and their relatives, pub. Timber Press in association with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2008 ISBN 978-0-88192-882-2, pps. 75-78
  7. ^ Coats, Alice M. Flowers and their Histories, first pub. Hulton Press, London EC4 1956, pps. 79-80.