| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Dicentra formosa (Andrews) Walp. |
| Bibliography | Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 118 (1842) |
| Native Range | sw. British Columbia to c. California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-2300m |
| Description | greyish, leaves long petiolate, blade 3-4-pinnate, flowers 5-15, in panicle, sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3-5mm, corolla basally cordate, outer petals with spur |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | pinkish purple |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division when dormant |
| Synonyms | Bicuculla formosa (Andrews) Howell Bikukulla formosa (Andrews) Coville Capnorchis formosa (Andrews) Planch. Corydalis biaurita Hornem. Corydalis formosa (Andrews) Spreng. Dicentra formosa var. breviflora L.F.Hend. Dicentra saccata (Nutt.) Walp. Diclytra formosa (Andrews) DC. Dielytra formosa (Andrews) G.Don Dielytra saccata Nutt. Eucapnos formosus (Andrews) Bernh. Fumaria biaurita Vahl ex Steud Fumaria formosa Andrews |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |