Synonym(s): Bicuculla eximia
Image ID: 7348
Image by: Parkins, Grant Morrow
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: DIEX
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dicentra eximia
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-08-17
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: DICEN GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Dicentra GENUS AUTHORITY: Bernh. GENUS COMMON: Bleeding heart GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 12 species, perennial herbs, with a relictual north temperate distribution: e. North America, w. North America, and e. Asia. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Stern in FNA (1997); Stern (1961)=Z; Lidén in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: FUMARI FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Fumariaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.P. de Candolle 1821 FAMILY COMMON: Fumitory Family FAMILY SUMMARY: This family includes 15-20 genera and 500-600 species, herbs, mostly north temperate. The Fumariaceae are often now subsumed into the Papaveraceae and separated as subfamilies (Lidén 1981, 1986; Lidén et al. 1997; Judd, Sanders, & Donoghue 1994), but the option remains to recognize the two monophyletic clades as families: Papaveracaeae s.s. and Fumariaceae. The placement of Pteridophyllum (especially) and Hypecoum in their own families or basal in either Papaveraceae or Fumariaceae remains unsettled. FAMILY REFERENCE: Pérez-Gutiérrez et al. (2012, 2015); Wang et al. (2009); Stern in FNA (1997); Hill (1992); Lidén (1986, 1981); Lidén et al. (1997); Lidén in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO:Erect, rhizomatous (no bulblets) perennial growing on cliffs, rocky slopes and rock outcrops associated with rich, moist forests; may form mounds up to 3 ft. wide. STEMS: Stems hollow at maturity, smooth. LEAVES: Leaves alternate,petiolate,oval in general outline, 2-8 in. long, finely divided into many pale green (white-waxy), toothed segments (fern-like). INFLORESCENCE:Panicle of dangling, magenta-pink, tubular, flowers rise just above the foliage; . FLOWERS: Flowers dangling from a panicle on a separate scape overtopping the leaves; magenta-pink (rarely white); ¾ in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular, with a flattened heart shape opening to 2 spreading-recurved lips facing downward. FRUITS:Fruit an oblong-oval capsule. COMMENTS: An Appalachian endemic species. HEIGHT: 1-2 ft. DURATION:
Perennial
HABIT:
Herb
LEAF ARRANGEMENT:
Alternate LEAF COMPLEXITY: LEAF RETENTION:
Evergreen FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Apr-Jul
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BLOOM COLOR: Pink (occasionally white)
White
Red
Pink
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Lavender
Purple
Violet
Brown
Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: July-Aug. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Moist forests, Outcrops and glades
NATIVE RANGE: eastern United States HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Racemes of pink or white flowers contrast beautifully with its pale green fern-like foliage. In the wild, this plant grows on wooded slopes with filtered sunlight. Well-established plants bloom over a period of many weeks. Wild bleeding-heart can be prominently featured in your garden since it is attractive from spring through fall. This native perennial may be naturalized in the woodland garden or massed in a more formal perennial border.
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dicentra eximia
COMMON NAME: Wild Bleeding Heart
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, Pa, RAB, Va, W, WV; = Bicuculla eximia (Ker-Gawler) Millspaugh - S]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-Jul; Jul-Aug.
HABITAT: Cliffs, talus slopes, rocky slopes, rock outcrops, shale slopes.
COMMENTS: An Appalachian endemic: NY and NJ south to NC, SC (Gaddy et al. 1984), and TN.
RANGE MAP: Dicentra eximia.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Fumariaceae A.P. de Candolle 1821 (Fumitory Family) SUMMARY: This family includes 15-20 genera and 500-600 species, herbs, mostly north temperate. The Fumariaceae are often now subsumed into the Papaveraceae and separated as subfamilies (Lidén 1981, 1986; Lidén et al. 1997; Judd, Sanders, & Donoghue 1994), but the option remains to recognize the two monophyletic clades as families: Papaveracaeae s.s. and Fumariaceae. The placement of Pteridophyllum (especially) and Hypecoum in their own families or basal in either Papaveraceae or Fumariaceae remains unsettled. REFERENCE: Pérez-Gutiérrez et al. (2012, 2015); Wang et al. (2009); Stern in FNA (1997); Hill (1992); Lidén (1986, 1981); Lidén et al. (1997); Lidén in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Dicentra Bernh. (Bleeding heart) SUMMARY: A genus of about 12 species, perennial herbs, with a relictual north temperate distribution: e. North America, w. North America, and e. Asia. REFERENCE: Stern in FNA (1997); Stern (1961)=Z; Lidén in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Dicentra eximia in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Dicentra eximia in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)