There are two tiny, pointed sepals behind the petals. The two inner petals are perpendicular to the outer petals and connected at the tip.
The two outer petals form a pouch at the base and curve outwards at the tips. The four petals are attached at the base. Flowers are pink, red, or white and heart-shaped and bloom in clusters at the top of leafless, fleshy stems above the leaves from mid-spring to autumn, with peak flowering in spring. Leaves are finely divided and fernlike, growing from the base of the plant. The outer two petals curve and pouch, forming a rough heart shape. The flower has four petals between one and two centimeters long in shades of purple to pink to nearly white. The plant can approach half a meter in height.
It is a perennial that grows from a horizontal rootstock (tuber). About Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) 36 Nurseries Carry This Plantĭicentra formosa, the western bleeding heart or Pacific bleeding heart, is a flowering plant in Poppy family, generally found in moist wooded areas from California to British Columbia.
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