Family Code: FUMARI Genus Code: LAMPR2 Genus CN: bleeding heart Genus Authority: Endl. Genus Summary: A monotypic genus, a perennial herb of e. Asia. Genus Identification: Identification notes: Lamprocapnos differs from other "bleeding hearts" (the native Dicentra eximia and the western American Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa) in its leafy stem, the inflorescence borne terminally or opposite a leaf, the leaves much less finely divided, and the flowers about as broad as long (vs. much longer than broad in Dicentra eximia and Dicentra formosa). Genus References: Pérez-Gutiérrez et al. (2012, 2015); Lidén et al. (1997); Stern (1961)=Z. Last Updated: 2019-11-29 Publish: 1