| Scientific Name: | Dicentra formosa |
| Common Name: | Pacific bleeding heart |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Dissected, Compound, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Tripinnate, Ovate, Dentate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves 3-4 times divided, tip segments linear to oblong, pointed; inflorescence of 5-15 flowers in a drooping panicle; pinkish-purple; capsules pod-like, 2-3.5cm long x 3-4mm wide with shiny black seeds about 2mm long with elaiosomes for ant dispersal. | |