- Lamprocapnos spectabilis
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Fumariaceae Genus: Lamprocapnos Species: L. spectabilis Binomial name Lamprocapnos spectabilis
(L.) FukuharaSynonyms [1] Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem.
Diclytra spectabilis (L.) DC.
Fumaria spectabilis L.Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis; old-fashioned bleeding-heart, Venus's car, Lady in a bath, Dutchman's trousers, or Lyre-flower) is a rhizomatous perennial plant native to eastern Asia from Siberia south to Japan.
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Description
Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m).
Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals, hanging in a horizontal raceme. They bloom from late spring to early summer.
Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods.
The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming.
Cultivation
It is a popular ornamental plant for flower gardens in temperate climates, and is also used in floristry as a cut flower. In a moist and cool climate, it will grow in full sun, but in warmer and drier climates it requires some shade.
Aphids, slugs and snails sometimes feed on the leaves.
Seeds must be sown while fresh. Division should be done in the late fall or early spring.
Contact with the plant can cause skin irritation in some people from isoquinoline-like alkaloids.[2][3]
Cultivars
Several cultivars have been selected. 'Alba' has white flowers, and 'Gold Heart', introduced from Hadspen Garden in 1997,[4] has yellow leaves.
Gallery
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'
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seed pods
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half of pod and seeds with elaiosomes
References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
- ^ University of Vermont Department of Plant and Soil Science
- ^ Leikin, Edited by Jerrold B.; Paloucek, Frank P. (2007), Poisoning and toxicology handbook, Boca Raton, Fla: CRC, pp. 886, ISBN 1420044796
- ^ University of Vermont: Perry's Perennial Pages
External links
Categories:- Fumariaceae
- Flora of Asia
- Garden plants
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