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Pacific Bleeding-Heart

Dicentra formosa

Description:

A small, bright flower growing in bunches on a bush. According to wikipedia.org, "Dicentra (bleeding-heart; Greek dís "twice", kéntron "spur") is a genus of 8 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the fumitory family, many with heart-shaped flowers, native to eastern Asia and North America."

Habitat:

They grow in a planter in my backyard.

Notes:

Grows every year, and seems to not need much attention.

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lexi.leki
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lexi.leki

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Spotted on Jul 16, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011

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