Dicentra exima
This plant has poison characteristics. See below.
- Common Name(s):
- Plumy bleeding heart, Wild bleeding heart
- Categories:
- Perennials, Poisonous Plants, Wildflowers
- Comment:
Attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
- Description:
- Perennial, short-stemmed herbs; leaves 2-pinnately divided, the ultimate segments deeply lobed; flowers in an elongated, terminal cluster, each nodding with 2 spurs on the upper side, white or pale to deep pink; fruit a many-seeded capsule.
- Season:
- Summer
- Height:
- 10-18 in.
- Foliage:
- Up to 10 in. pinnately compound, finely cut basal leaves
- Flower:
- Small deep pink to red-purple flowers; fusion of four petals into a heart-shaped flower; two larger outer petals
- Site:
- Rich, moist woods, stream banks
- Poison Part:
- All parts.
- Poison Delivery Mode:
- Ingestion, dermatitis.
- Symptoms:
- Trembling, staggering, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, labored breathing. Skin irritation after repeated contact with the cell sap.
- Toxic Principle:
- Several isoquinolone alkaloids.
- Severity:
- TOXIC ONLY IF LARGE QUANTITIES EATEN. SKIN IRRITATION MINOR, OR LASTING ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES.
- Found in:
- Houseplant or interiorscape; forest or natural area, native in rich woods; landscape in flower garden as cultivated herbaceous p
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
NCCES plant id: 2554
Dicentra exima