*Dicentra formosa (Andrews) Walpers ssp. formosa . Common name: Western Bleeding-heart. Habitat: Suburban gardens. Distribution: Native of w. North America. Native from s. BC south to c. CA, is frequently cultivated and resembles our native D. eximia.
Origin/Endemic status: W. North America
Taxonomy Comments: A variety of cultivars, some apparently derived from hybrids between the two subspecies, make identification uncertain in some cases.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA3, K4, NE, NS, POWO, Stern (1961); Fumaria formosa Andrews; = n/a — C; < Dicentra formosa (Andrews) Walp. — Can. Basionym: Fumaria formosa Andrews 1804
Links to other floras: = Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)
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