This was growing in a shaded forest area. The shape of its flowers make it pretty easy to tell apart from other plants.
Flowering plants of Ravenna. Plant we keyed in class. Found along the stream.
Dicentra formosa, the western bleeding heart or Pacific bleeding heart, is a flowering plant in fumitory family, generally found in moist wooded areas from California to British Columbia. The plant can approach half a meter in height. The flower has four petals between one and two centimeters long in shades of purple to pink to nearly white. The outer two petals curve and pouch, forming a rough heart shape. There are two subspecies, Dicentra formosa subsp....
