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Sierra bleeding heart

Dicentra nevadensis

Also called Nevada Bleedingheart, Tulare County Bleeding Heart

Sierra bleeding heart
Photo: (c) Graham Montgomery, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Dicentra nevadensis, the Sierra bleeding heart or Tulare County bleeding heart, is a perennial plant endemic to gravelly outcroppings in the Sierra Nevada peaks of Tulare and Fresno Counties in California.

It has previously been treated as a subspecies of Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart). The plant is found at elevations of 2,100–3,300 metres (6,900–10,800 ft).

Other Dicentra plants

Squirrel corn · Dutchman's breeches · Turkey corn · Pacific bleeding heart · Shorthorn steer's-head · Komakusa · Longhorn steer's-head · Bleeding heart

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicentra nevadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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